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 |
|---|---|
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |