GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |