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 |
|---|---|
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| harass | exhaust |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |