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 |
|---|---|
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |