GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |