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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philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
anthropologist | the science of human beings |
wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |