GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
corrugated | having corrugations |
sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |