GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |