GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |