GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catechism | oral instruction |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| mendicant | beggar |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |