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 |
|---|---|
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |