GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |