GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unsavory | insipid |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |