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 |
|---|---|
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| endue | provide |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |