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 |
|---|---|
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| forte | one's strong point |