GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |