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 |
|---|---|
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| hubbub | noise |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
