GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| abnegation | denial |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |