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 |
|---|---|
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |