GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
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| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
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