GRE Word List
DERIVATIVE
a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
The meaning of the word derivative is a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| imprecation | curse |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |