GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |