GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
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overblown | past the prime of bloom |
hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
flaccid | not firm or stiff |
unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
wither | to become dry and sapless |
wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |