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 |
|---|---|
| quarry | game |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| vital | of the utmost importance |