GRE: cow definition

Well my question is what does the word cow mean ( in GRE’s context given below).

Here is a question from Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Question Book

This composer has never courted popularity: her rugged modernism seems to defy rather than to (i) __________ the audience.

A ignore
B discount
C woo
D teach
E cow

cow means intimidate, according to Magoosh GRE Vocab.