GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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WordMeaning
menageriea place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
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mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
understateto represent as less than is the case
hoarda supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
cavalcadea procession (see procession
amazona member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter