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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| imprecation | curse |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |