verb / uh-kos-tid / accost / accosts / accosting to approach and speak to someone in a challenging way I SAW a man pursuing the horizon;Round and round they sped.I was disturbed at this;I accosted the man.“It is futile,” I said,“You can never” — “You lie,” he cried,And ran on. Stephen Crane (I Saw a Man)
acid
adjective / as-id / acidic / acidly / acidness / nonacid / preacid (Emotions) a way of speaking that causes irritation or discomfort (Seeing) extremely vibrant, possibly irritating, in color (Smelling) violently pungent odor (Tasting) sour in flavor (Touching) leaving a stain As Harry and Ron rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them. It was Rita Skeeter. She was wearing acid-green robes today; the Quick-Quotes Quill […]
ambrosial
adjective / am-broh-zhuhl / ambrosialy / ambrosian (Smelling) having a luscious fragrance worthy of the gods; positively divine!(Tasting) extremely pleasant and delicious flavor(Hearing) exceptionally harmonious to the ear Some time later, although Walter couldn’t have guessed how long if he’d been paid to do so, he became aware of a warm, spicy, almost ambrosial smell. Christa Faust (The Zodiac Paradox)