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 |
|---|---|
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |