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 |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| machinations | an act of machinating |