GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |