GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |