GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |