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 |
|---|---|
| defalcate | deduct |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |