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 |
|---|---|
| patent | open to public inspection |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| countenance | look |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |