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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
