GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| lampoon | satire |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |