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 |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| maroon | a dark red |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |