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 |
|---|---|
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| exhume | disinter |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |