GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |