GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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WordMeaning
slougha place of deep mud or mire
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
odysseya long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
berserkan ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
prestigestanding or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
prateto talk long and idly : chatter