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 |
|---|---|
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| influx | a coming in |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |