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 |
|---|---|
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |