GRE Word List
POSTURE
the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose
The meaning of the word posture is the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |