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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seasona time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature
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dissipateto break up and drive off
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solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
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