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 |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| fleck | streak |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
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