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.
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| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
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| combustible | capable of combustion |
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| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
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| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |