GRE Word List
POIGNANCY
quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick
The meaning of the word poignancy is quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trough | long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves |
| freebooter | pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich |
| lunatic | insane; Ex. lunatic asylum |
| pith | core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance |
| atrocity | brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious |
| categorical | without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute |
| indigent | poor; destitute |
| indignation | anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant |
| usury | lending money at illegal high rates of interest |
| denomination | religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic |
