[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a dignified, self-confident manner or bearing; composure ; self-possession :to show poise in company.Synonyms: refinement , grace , polish , self-confidence", "steadiness; stability :intellectual poise.Antonyms: instability", "a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise .Antonyms: imbalance , disequilibrium", "suspense or wavering, as between rest and motion or two phases of motion:the poise of the tides.", "the way of being poised, held, or carried.", "the state or position of hovering:the poise of a bird in the air."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to adjust, hold, or carry in equilibrium; balance evenly.", "to hold supported or raised, as in position for casting, using, etc.:to poise a spear.", "to hold or carry in a particular manner:She walked, carefully poising a water jug on her head.", "to put (a person or thing) in a state or position of readiness or preparedness:The mayor is credited with poising the city for impressive growth and development.He has poised himself to succeed.The mayor is credited with poising the city for impressive growth and development.", "Obsolete.to weigh."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to rest in equilibrium; be balanced.", "to hover, as a bird in the air."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in which a stress of one dyne per square centimeter is required to maintain a difference of velocity of one centimeter per second between two parallel planes in the fluid that lie in the direction of flow and are separated by a distance of one centimeter.:P"]}]