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 |
|---|---|
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |