GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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WordMeaning
founderone that founds or establishes
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
natationthe action or art of swimming
wringto squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
forteone's strong point
facetany of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)
inexorablenot to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless
defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel