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 |
|---|---|
| whittle | a large knife |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |