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 |
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| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| boor | peasant |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |