GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |