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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| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
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| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| provenance | origin |
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| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| realm | kingdom |