GRE Word List
PASSIVE
acted upon by an external agency
The meaning of the word passive is acted upon by an external agency.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |