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 |
|---|---|
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| skimp | skimpy |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |