GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| exhume | disinter |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |