GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

Random words

WordMeaning
categoricalabsolute
chuckleto laugh inwardly or quietly
relevanthaving significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
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anachronisman error in chronology
environencircle
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megalomaniaa mania (see mania
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
demurto take exception : object