GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |