GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| finery | ornament |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |