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 |
|---|---|
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| demure | reserved |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |