GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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|---|---|
| warranted | sanction |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
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| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
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| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |