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 |
|---|---|
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| headlong | headfirst |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |