GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| tome | book |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |