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 |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
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| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |