GRE Word List
APLOMB
complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
The meaning of the word aplomb is complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |