GRE Word List

PIQUANT

engagingly provocative

The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.

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WordMeaning
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
stigmaa mark of shame or discredit : stain
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
hauntto visit often : frequent
celestialof, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
affectedartificial; pretended