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 |
|---|---|
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| hortatory | hortative |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| guy | man |
