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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |