GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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regimena systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
desiccateto dry up
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
partialitythe quality or state of being partial : bias
inflateddistended with air or gas
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
lowhaving a small upward extension or elevation
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
ancestryline of descent : lineage
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument