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 |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |