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 |
|---|---|
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |