GRE Word List

POTENTATE

ruler

The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.

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clamornoisy shouting
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subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
benevolentmarked by or disposed to doing good
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship
siftto put through a sieve