GRE Word List
EQUIPOISE
a state of equilibrium
The meaning of the word equipoise is a state of equilibrium.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| conflagration | fire |