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 |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| hurl | rush |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |