GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |