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 |
|---|---|
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| score | twenty |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
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| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |