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 |
|---|---|
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| environ | encircle |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |