GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |