GRE Word List
PIQUE
to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
The meaning of the word pique is to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| broach | brooch |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |