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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overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
firebrand | a piece of burning wood |