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 |
|---|---|
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |