GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |