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 |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |