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 |
|---|---|
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |