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 |
|---|---|
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |