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 |
|---|---|
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| dart | a light spear |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |