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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| braid | to make from braids |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| dilute | attenuate |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |