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 |
|---|---|
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| defalcate | deduct |