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 |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| diva | prima donna |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |