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 |
|---|---|
| convene | to come together in a body |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| collected | gathered together |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| potentate | ruler |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| boor | peasant |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |