GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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dormera window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
callousbeing hardened and thickened
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
artificeclever or artful skill : ingenuity
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controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable
regicidea person who kills a king
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