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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |