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 |
|---|---|
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| giddy | dizzy |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |