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 |
|---|---|
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |