GRE Word List
MAGNATE
a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area
The meaning of the word magnate is a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| raiment | clothing |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |