GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| anarchy | absence of government |