GRE Word List
POIGNANCY
the quality or state of being poignant
The meaning of the word poignancy is the quality or state of being poignant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| sere | being dried and withered |