GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |