GRE Word List

PASSIVE

acted upon by an external agency

The meaning of the word passive is acted upon by an external agency.

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philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
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forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
propellantcapable of propelling
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
inadvertentlyunintentional
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism