GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retract | to draw back or in |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| privy | private |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |