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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WordMeaning
collectedgathered together
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
genrea category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
codifyto reduce to a code
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute