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 |
|---|---|
| vixen | a female fox |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |