GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |