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 |
|---|---|
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |