GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| hallowed | holy |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| schism | division |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |