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 |
|---|---|
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| guileless | innocent |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| demure | reserved |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
