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 |
|---|---|
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| forlorn | bereft |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| fluke | flatfish |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| prank | trick |