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 |
|---|---|
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |