GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| growl | rumble |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| trappings | outward signs |