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 |
|---|---|
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| gnarl | snarl |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |