GRE Word List
IMPOTENT
not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless
The meaning of the word impotent is not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |