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 |
|---|---|
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| gazette | newspaper |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |