GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| fluke | flatfish |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |