GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| scotch | scottish |