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 |
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| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| deify | to make a god of |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |