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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| hap | happening |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| repercussion | reflection |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| dilute | attenuate |