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 |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |