GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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floraa treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
parquetto furnish with a floor of parquet
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
denotationan act or process of denoting
equityjustice according to natural law or right
queuea braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease