GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| retribution | recompense |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| cipher | zero |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |