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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| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| collected | gathered together |
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| garnish | decorate |