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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| purported | reputed |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| aseptic | preventing infection |