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 |
|---|---|
| fauna | animal life |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| hardy | bold |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |