GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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WordMeaning
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
countenancelook
proponentone who argues in favor of something : advocate
blushoutward appearance : view
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal
searbeing dried and withered