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 |
|---|---|
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| provenance | origin |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| hirsute | hairy |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |