GRE Word List

POTENTATE

ruler

The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.

Random words

WordMeaning
superficialof, relating to, or located near a surface
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
unwieldynot easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
perforateto make a hole through
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage