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 |
|---|---|
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| auroral | dawn |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |