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 |
|---|---|
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| flighty | swift |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |