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 |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |