GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |