GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |