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 |
|---|---|
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| parlance | speech |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |