GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
solventable to pay all legal debts
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
stockadea line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense