GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| fester | to generate pus |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |