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 |
|---|---|
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |