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 |
|---|---|
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |