GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |