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 |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |