GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |