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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WordMeaning
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
unearthlynot earthly: such as
emetican agent that induces vomiting
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
receptiveable or inclined to receive
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")