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 |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| recast | to cast again |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |