GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| influx | a coming in |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| freebooter | pirate |