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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |