GRE Word List
POTENT
having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful
The meaning of the word potent is having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
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| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
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