GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

Random words

WordMeaning
groucha fit of bad temper
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
apotheosisthe perfect form or example of something : quintessence
glutto flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
narrativesomething that is narrated : story
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
primogeniturethe state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
terminologythe technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject