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 |
|---|---|
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |