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 |
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spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
trickster | one who tricks: such as |
quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
impuissance | weakness |
compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |