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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |