GRE Word List
POTENTATE
ruler
The meaning of the word potentate is ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| imbibe | drink |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |