GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
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|---|---|
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
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| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
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| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |