GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |