GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |