GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
gullible | easily duped or cheated |
gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |