GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
gibe | to utter taunting words |
adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
forego | to go before : precede |
precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |