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 |
|---|---|
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |