GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| docile | easily taught |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |