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 |
|---|---|
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |