GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |