GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
attributea quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something
demurto take exception : object
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
elysianof or relating to Elysium
consolean architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze