GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |