GRE Word List
PIQUANT
pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help
The meaning of the word piquant is pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transparent | permitting light to pass through freely; easily detected; obvious; clear; Ex. transparent lie |
| impede | hide; retard or obstruct the progress of; block |
| emissary | agent (sent on a mission to represent another); messenger |
| prepossessing | attractive; CF. preoccupying ? |
| clip | cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener |
| forthcoming | happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming. |
| resignation | patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job; ADJ. resigned: acquiescent |
| mauve | pale purple |
| propagate | increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas |
| occident | the West |