GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| passe | past one's prime |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |