GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |