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 |
|---|---|
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| inequity | injustice |
| ramification | branch |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
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