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 |
|---|---|
| asunder | into parts |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| laud | praise |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| pliant | pliable |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| puerile | juvenile |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |