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 |
|---|---|
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |