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 |
|---|---|
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |