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 |
|---|---|
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |