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 |
|---|---|
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |