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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |