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 |
|---|---|
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| swill | wash |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| biting | having the power to bite |