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 |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |