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 |
|---|---|
| fell | skin |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| propellant | capable of propelling |