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 |
|---|---|
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| raspy | harsh |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| overwhelm | upset |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |