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 |
|---|---|
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |