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 |
|---|---|
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |