GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |