GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |