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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| expatriate | banish |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| colloquy | conversation |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |