Poised – means an object or a part of your body which is still right now but

is ready to be in action at any time

E.g.- my pen was poised over the page, ready to write down the answer as
soon as the bell rings.
The military forces are poised for attack.
The company is poised to face the new challenge
I am poised to take the examination this year
Are we poised for a change?
She saw a little white bird poised on a branch and fluttering its wings.
He sat with his pen poised, ready to take down the notes
Her finger was poised on the camera as she waited for them to take positions
The man across the road is poised to take down the thieves as soon as they
come out of the bank
They stood their waiting, poised for action
I stood there for 5 hrs poised for some action but saw nothing not a flutter.
The suspect shows no movement, I am poised to take action
Poised to do something =------- ready to do something
Poised – another meaning is cam and controlled behaviour a balance in the
way a person holds his body
Composure and dignity of manner
Balance or equilibrium
It is an evenly poised election
In an evenly poised match last night Delhi daredevils tasted victory.
It was a poised competition; the 2 competitors were equally matched.
He looked embarrassed for a moment and then regained his poise
(composure)
Her confidence and poise show that she is a top model.
It is the confidence, dignity and poise in his personality that helped him to
climb the success ladder so high, not often do you hear success stories about
graft anymore. That poise in his character has helped him or given him a
faculty to deal with tough and highly pressurized, situations which demand
quick and fruitful results with a very small room for faults.
Graft—bribe
And hard work
After so many years of grafting finally , he has got a chance to relax and do
something for himself.

Faculty-- one of the inherent cognitive (connected with thinking or

conscious mental process) or perceptual powers of the mind like ability to
hear thing feel or an ability to do something a particular thing
She still has all her faculties
Is he in command of all his faculties?
Are u in possession of all your faculties or senses
Are in possession of all your senses abilities or faculties
She had a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.
Studying has certainly sharpened my faculties or honed my skills.
Mental faculty
Modules

Microcosm – a small place or society or situation which has the same

characteristics as something much larger
Opp
Macrocosm – a universe a large organized system considered as a whole
A universe, not as individual smaller groups
The audience was selected to create a microcosm of Indian society.
The fortunes of Indian cricket team encapsulate the story of post colonial
India in microcosm.

Octogenarian – a person who is between 80 and 89 years old

The suspense is finally over with the octogenarian having decided to anoint
his son vikramas heir( pronounced as aer)to his business empire. Taking
advantage of the situation vikram also thanked his predecessor for giving
him the opportunity and promised to continue his legacy forward.

Anoint – nominate as successors

2nd
Convention—a meeting
A custom
Or an agreement between countries
Accepted way of behaving

Eg They defied convention or they flouted convention or they broke with

convention by giving up their jobs and becoming self sufficient
The convention dictates that it is the man who asks the woman to marry
In many countries it is a convention to wear lack at the funerals
Flouted—to intentionally not obey a rule a law or custom
Eg become obstinate or perverse contumacious , defy
They decided to flout convention or tradition , and wear their everyday
clothes for the concert

Conventional—traditional and ordinary

Weapons which are not nuclear