GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| boor | peasant |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |