GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| swill | wash |