Which word best matches the phrase 'capable of developing or happening'?

• A. Potent
• B. Practitioner
• C. Pragmatic
• D. Potential

Answer: (D)

Think about how to describe something that could develop or occur in the future. Potential captures that sense perfectly: it means having the capacity or possibility to grow into something, to happen, or to become real. So in the phrase given, the best match is potential because it expresses the idea of capability yet to be realized.

Potent refers to power or strength, not the possibility of development. Pragmatic describes a practical, realist approach, not the idea of future possibility. Practitioner is a person who practices a profession, not a quality describing possibility.