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 |
|---|---|
| ensconce | shelter |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |