GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| expatriate | banish |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |