GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
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| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
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