GRE Word List
EQUIPOISE
a state of equilibrium
The meaning of the word equipoise is a state of equilibrium.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| dynamo | generator |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |