GRE Word List
COY
marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
The meaning of the word coy is marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |