GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calculated | apt |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| viand | an item of food |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |