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 |
|---|---|
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| mortician | undertaker |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |