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 |
|---|---|
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| nourish | nurture |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| forebears | ancestor |
| bulk | magnitude |
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| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |