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 |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |