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 |
|---|---|
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| colloquy | conversation |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |