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 |
|---|---|
| ploy | escapade |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| amend | to put right |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |