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 |
|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |