GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hazard | a source of danger |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |