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 |
|---|---|
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| stringent | tight |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |