GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |