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 |
|---|---|
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |