| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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poignant
intensely affecting the emotions or the mind
Who can forget the poignant scene in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in which Huck, choosing Jim’s freedom over conventional morality, says, “All right, then, I’ll go to hell”?
Related English word: poignancy
Latin root word: pungo, pungere, pupugi, punctus - to prick, puncture
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