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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| flounder | flatfish |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |