GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| passe | past one's prime |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |