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 |
|---|---|
| whimsy | whim |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |