GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |