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 |
|---|---|
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
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| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |