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 |
|---|---|
| purported | reputed |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| trample | tramp |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |