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 |
|---|---|
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |