GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| forte | one's strong point |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |