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 |
|---|---|
| clipper | one that clips something |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |