GRE Word List

POISE

balance

The meaning of the word poise is balance.

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WordMeaning
fruitionpleasurable use or possession : enjoyment
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
figurea number symbol : numeral
perceptiveresponsive to sensory stimuli : discerning
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
discordlack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
sedentarynot migratory : settled