GRE Word List
COMPOSURE
a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession
The meaning of the word composure is a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |