GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

Random words

WordMeaning
inadvertentlyunintentional
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
meddlesomegiven to meddling
repastsomething taken as food : meal
ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
bestialof or relating to beasts
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
incontrovertiblenot open to question : indisputable
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces