GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |