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 |
|---|---|
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |