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 |
|---|---|
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| privy | private |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |