GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| portly | dignified |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |