GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pitfall | trap |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |