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 |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| dys- | abnormal |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |