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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WordMeaning
riftfissure
congenialpleasant
effluviuman invisible emanation
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
oligarchygovernment by the few
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
overthrowoverturn
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
quadrupedan animal having four feet