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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| disport | sport |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| hazard | a source of danger |