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 |
|---|---|
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| shack | hut |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |