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 |
|---|---|
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| motley | variegated in color |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
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| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |