GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |