GRE Word List
POTENTATE
monarch; sovereign
The meaning of the word potentate is monarch; sovereign.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| champion | support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.) |
| cloying | distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess |
| tacit | understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement |
| pretension | pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist. |
| mogul | powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF. Mogol, Moghul; CF. Mongolian |
| parity | equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate |
| unregenerate | making no attempt to change one's bad practices |
| mawkish | mushy(sentimental) and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and objectionably sentimental |
| consolidation | unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen |
| careen | lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger |