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 |
|---|---|
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |