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 |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| congenial | pleasant |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| overthrow | overturn |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |