GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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WordMeaning
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
satiatefilled to satiety
perforateto make a hole through
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as