[Vocabulary] could you help me to explain this meaning?

[hitinvo]

could you explain more about the figurative meaning of the words "piquant" and "putrid". and so me how to use this. thanks so lot!

 

[mmasny]

These words mean two different things.
1) the basic meaning of the word 'piquant' is related to taste. Piquance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It can also mean 'provocative in an attractive way'.

2) 'putrid' means 'rotten'. A human body can be putrid. It can also be 'rotten morally' as in putrid thoughts.