GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |