GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defer | put off |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |