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 |
|---|---|
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |