GRE Word List
PASSIVE
acted upon by an external agency
The meaning of the word passive is acted upon by an external agency.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| violate | break |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| circlet | a little circle |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |