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 |
|---|---|
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |