GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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potpourria mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent
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deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
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replenishto fill or build up again
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