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 |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |