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.

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coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group
blowhardan arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
foliagea representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
consonanceharmony or agreement among components