GRE Word List

PASSE

past one's prime

The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.

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importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
addictiona compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted
startto move suddenly and violently : spring
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
fetefestival
anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
anthropologistthe science of human beings
celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general