GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| nurture | training |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |