GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |