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 |
|---|---|
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| sidetrack | siding |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |