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 |
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maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
trample | tramp |
equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
narrative | something that is narrated : story |
appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |