GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
gambita chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
malignevil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious
facsimilean exact copy
stigmaa mark of shame or discredit : stain
foregoto go before : precede