GRE Word List
NEOLOGISM
a new word, usage, or expression
The meaning of the word neologism is a new word, usage, or expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |