GRE Word List
PASSIVE
acted upon by an external agency
The meaning of the word passive is acted upon by an external agency.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| sear | being dried and withered |