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 |
|---|---|
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |