GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |