GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| succor | relief |
| stench | stink |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |