GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| defer | put off |
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| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |