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 |
|---|---|
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |