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 |
|---|---|
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |