GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| edifice | building |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |