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 |
|---|---|
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| demise | death |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |