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 |
|---|---|
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |