GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |