GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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WordMeaning
galleya ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as
dictuma noteworthy statement: such as
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
armadaa fleet of warships
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
blareto sound loud and strident
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand