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 |
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| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |