GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |