GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comestible | edible |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| portly | dignified |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |