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 |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| nullify | to make null (see null |