GRE Word List

PUISSANT

having puissance : powerful

The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.

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delusionsomething that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
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lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
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