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 |
|---|---|
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| dint | force |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |