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 |
|---|---|
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |