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 |
|---|---|
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |