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 |
|---|---|
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |