GRE Word List
PUISSANT
having puissance : powerful
The meaning of the word puissant is having puissance : powerful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| retrench | cut down |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |