GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |