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.

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WordMeaning
loftyelevated in character and spirit : noble
beleaguerbesiege
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
somnambulistan abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
tacitexpressed or carried on without words or speech