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 |
|---|---|
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| 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") |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |