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 |
|---|---|
| submissive | submitting to others |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |