GRE Word List
PIQUANT
pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help
The meaning of the word piquant is pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | manlike; resembling a human being; N. |
| pacifist | one opposed to force; antimilitarist; ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes |
| avow | declare openly; N. avowal |
| cacophonous | discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds |
| immure | imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall |
| molt | periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth) |
| equestrian | rider on horseback; ADJ. |
| igneous | produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite |
| rapture | great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous |
| divine | perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination |
