GRE Word List
DERIVATION
the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
The meaning of the word derivation is the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| succor | relief |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| trappings | outward signs |