GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |