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 |
|---|---|
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |