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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array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
boor | peasant |
scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
determinate | having defined limits |
prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
didactic | designed or intended to teach |
catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |