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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| Word | Meaning |
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| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |