GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| quorum | a select group |