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.
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penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
profligate | wildly extravagant |
implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
congruent | congruous |