GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| sift | to put through a sieve |