GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| steep | lofty |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |