GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |