GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| coin | corner |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |