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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| sublimate | sublime |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |