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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vigilthe act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary
annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
avuncularsuggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
belateddelayed beyond the usual time
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
fulsomecharacterized by abundance : copious
hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion