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 |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |