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 |
|---|---|
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| warranted | sanction |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| cipher | zero |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| finery | ornament |