GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |