GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |