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 |
|---|---|
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |