GRE Word List
ACCOST
approach and speak first to a person
The meaning of the word accost is approach and speak first to a person.
Random words
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distill | refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew |
renovate | restore to good condition; renew |
cadaver | corpse; dead human body |
incline | slope; slant; Ex. steep incline |
susceptible | impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility |
ligneous | like wood |
shudder | shake uncontrollably; tremble; V. |
maudlin | effusively sentimental |
extrude | force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die |
decapitate | behead |