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 |
|---|---|
| quisling | traitor |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| debonair | suave |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |