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 |
|---|---|
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |