GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| historic | historical |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |