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 |
|---|---|
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |