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 |
|---|---|
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| retribution | recompense |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |