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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| impuissance | weakness |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |