GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| congenial | pleasant |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |