GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |