GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |