GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

Random words

WordMeaning
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
uproara state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
balma balsamic (see balsamic
glossarya collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
sanctiona formal decree
nursea person who cares for the sick or infirm