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
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
nurturetraining
frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
unobtrusivenot obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
ramifyto split up into branches or constituent parts
prepossessingcreating prejudice