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 |
|---|---|
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |