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 |
|---|---|
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| score | twenty |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| retrench | cut down |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |