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 |
|---|---|
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |