GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| gazette | newspaper |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |