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 |
|---|---|
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| ensconce | shelter |