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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| sift | to put through a sieve |