GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |