GRE Word List
PIQUANT
engagingly provocative
The meaning of the word piquant is engagingly provocative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| whittle | a large knife |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |