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 |
|---|---|
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |