GRE Word List
ACCOST
to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
The meaning of the word accost is to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| throes | pang |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |