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 |
|---|---|
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |