GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| wont | accustomed |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |