Word a Day
accost
What does accost mean?
accost (verb): to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use accost in a sentence?
How do you pronounce accost?
/əˈkɔst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does accost come from?
From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “accost” mean?
to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request
Right! That's what “accost” means.
to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release
Not quite: that's what liberate means.
to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer
Not quite: that's what beckon means.
to move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction
Not quite: that's what vacate means.
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