GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |