GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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ignominydeep personal humiliation and disgrace
stodgyhaving a rich filling quality : heavy
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
reciprocalinversely related : opposite
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
genrea category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
queruloushabitually complaining