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 |
|---|---|
| quench | put out |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |