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 |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| inequity | injustice |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| encumber | weigh down |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |