GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| provident | frugal |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |