GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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WordMeaning
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
ventriloquistone who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism
implodeto burst inward
groovea long narrow channel or depression
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
hauntto visit often : frequent
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together