GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

Random words

WordMeaning
serebeing dried and withered
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
garrulousgiven to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
bentunenclosed grassland
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
salubriousfavorable to or promoting health or well-being
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn