GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| rift | fissure |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| cue | the letter q |