GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| leery | suspicious |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |