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

WordMeaning
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
extenuateto lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
convoketo call together to a meeting
triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion
magnitudegreat size or extent
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
profoundhaving intellectual depth and insight
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing