GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| aria | air |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |