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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effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
inductiveof, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction
vertexthe top of the head
dooma law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
engrossto copy or write in a large hand
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