He was accosted by a stranger on the street.
他在街上被陌生人搭讪。
In a busy marketplace, the merchant might unexpectedly accost potential customers to entice them to look at his goods.
A — confront. “accost” means v. To approach; confront
A menacing stranger tried to ______ her aggressively on the empty street.
C — accost. “accost” means v. To approach; confront
accost — v. To approach; confront. In Chinese: 搭讪，上前说话.
accost is pronounced /əˈkɒst/. It breaks into 2 syllables: ac · cost.
He was accosted by a stranger on the street. (他在街上被陌生人搭讪。)
confront, address, approach — all close in meaning to accost (v. To approach; confront).
Yes. accost appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
ac-(go) + cost (close to Latin costa) → approach, address.