GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anarchy | absence of government |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |