GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |