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 |
|---|---|
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |