GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
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| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
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| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| affected | artificial; pretended |