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 |
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| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| defer | put off |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |