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 |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| compelling | that compels: such as |