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 |
|---|---|
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| fiend | devil |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |