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 |
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spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
bent | unenclosed grassland |
flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
prosperous | auspicious |
precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |