GRE Word List
EQUILIBRIUM
a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
The meaning of the word equilibrium is a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |