GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |