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 |
|---|---|
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| devious | wandering |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |