GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |