GRE Word List
PUISSANT
powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power
The meaning of the word puissant is powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incubate | hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease |
| balmy | soft and mild (of air); fragrant |
| remittance | remitting of money; amount of money remitted |
| mnemonic | pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid |
| vulpine | like a fox; crafty |
| retrospective | looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect |
| redoubtable | formidable; causing fear |
| decimate | kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of |
| buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly |
| staccato | played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound; Ex. staccato applause |