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 |
|---|---|
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| quizzical | comically quaint |