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 |
|---|---|
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |