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 |
|---|---|
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| venue | locale |