GRE Word List
POISE
balance
The meaning of the word poise is balance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |