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 |
|---|---|
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |