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 |
|---|---|
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| precipitant | precipitate |