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 |
|---|---|
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| guy | man |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |