GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| lax | loose |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |