GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| obscure | dark |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |