GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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|---|---|
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |