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 |
|---|---|
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |