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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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |