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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |