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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |