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 |
|---|---|
| cataclysm | flood |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| decipher | decode |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| disport | sport |