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 |
|---|---|
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| wanton | merciless |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |