GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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varnisha liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
unassumingnot assuming : modest
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
palatethe roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate
skiffany of various small boats
banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another