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 |
|---|---|
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| forlorn | bereft |
| prank | trick |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |