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 |
|---|---|
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| drivel | nonsense |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| exhume | disinter |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |