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 |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |