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 |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| growl | rumble |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| ramification | branch |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |