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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |