GRE Word List

POTENTATE

ruler

The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.

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WordMeaning
dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
omniscienthaving infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
strewto spread by scattering
indulgentwilling to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
incredulitythe quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
sublimatesublime
expurgateto cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous