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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emollientmaking soft or supple
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invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
effusionan act of effusing
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
piedof two or more colors in blotches
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor