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 |
|---|---|
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| haggard | not tamed |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |