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 |
|---|---|
| overweening | arrogant |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |