GRE Word List
PASSE
past one's prime
The meaning of the word passe is past one's prime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| guileless | innocent |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |