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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |