GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |