GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
visagethe face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal
noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
warrantya real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
cadeta younger brother or son
rareseldom occurring or found : uncommon
equanimityevenness of mind especially under stress
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface