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 |
|---|---|
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| cryptic | secret |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |