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 |
|---|---|
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |