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 |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |