Vocabulary Words can be grouped as Active and Passive. One’s active vocabulary includes those frequently used in one’s writing. Passive vocabulary includes those not frequently used, but comprehended when one encounters them. Active words can be divided as structural words and lexical words. Structural words include pronouns, prepositions, and linking verbs, like I/ me/we, of/at/on, am/is/are. Lexical words include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Passive words are often lexical. Rough