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 |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| alleviate | relieve |
| faculty | ability |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |