GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
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| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
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