GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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embroiderto ornament with needlework
maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
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reimburseto pay back to someone : repay
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composurea calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession
aspersiona false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation
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isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties