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 |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| schism | division |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |