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 |
|---|---|
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |