GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |