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The document defines and provides context for a variety of words. It includes definitions such as "accommodate - oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for" and "acquiesce - assent; agree passively; comply without protest." The document conveys information about multiple terms succinctly and factually.

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Grewordlist 2

The document defines and provides context for a variety of words. It includes definitions such as "accommodate - oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for" and "acquiesce - assent; agree passively; comply without protest." The document conveys information about multiple terms succinctly and factually.

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accommodate

oblige or help someone; adjust or bring


into harmony; adapt; make enough
space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF.
accomodating: helpful and obliging
accommodate
oblige or help someone; adjust or bring
into harmony; adapt; make enough
space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF.
accomodating: helpful and obliging
accord

agreement
accomplice
partner in crime
accost

approach and speak first to a


person
accouter
equip; N. accoutrement
accretion
growth or increase in size by gradual
addition; growth; increase; increase by
natural growth; Ex. towers and other
accretions of the castle; V. accrete
accrue
come to one as a gain; accumulate over time;
come about by addition; Ex. benefits that
accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest
accruing in a bank account; N. accrual
acerbity
bitterness of speech and temper;
ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste,
manner, or tone)
acetic
vinegary
acidulous
slightly sour (in taste or manner);
sharp; caustic
acme
peak; pinnacle; highest point
acne
skin disease (on the face)
acoustics
science of sound; quality that
makes a room easy or hard to
hear in
acquiesce
assent; agree passively; comply
without protest
acquittal
deliverance from a charge; V. acquit:
free from a charge or accusation;
discharge from a duty; conduct
(oneself) in a specified manner
acrid
bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp;
bitterly pungent
acrimonious
stinging; caustic; bitter in words or
manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured
animosity in speech or behavior
acrophobia
fear of heights
actuarial
calculating; pertaining to
insurance statistics
actuary
someone who advises insurance
companies
actuate
motivate; activate; cause to act
acuity
sharpness (of mind or senses of
sight or hearing)
acumen
mental keenness; sharpness of
judgment; ability to judge quickly
and well; Ex. business acumen
acute
(of the senses) sharp; quickly
perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and
severe; Ex. acute sense of
smell/analysis/pain
adage
wise saying; proverb
adamant
hard; inflexible
addendum
addition; appendix to book;
something that is added (as at the
end of a speech or book)
addle
make or become confused;
muddle; drive crazy; become
rotten (egg)
adept
expert at; very skilled
adjuration
solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat
earnestly; enjoin solemnly
adjutant
staff officer assisting the
commander; assistant
admonish
warn or speak to with gentle
disapproval; reprove
adorn
decorate
adroit
skillful (in using mind or hand)
adulation
flattery; admiration that is more
than is necessary or deserved
Adulterate
make impure or of poorer quality
by adding inferior or tainted
(contaminated) substances
advent
arrival
adventitious
accidental; casual; happening by
chance
adversary
opponent; enemy
advert
refer
aegis
shield; protection; defense
aerie
nest of a large bird of prey
aesthetic
artistic; dealing with or capable of
appreciating the beautiful (of a person
or building); CF. aesthete; CF.
aesthetics
affable
easily approachable; easy to talk
to; warmly friendly
affected
artificial; pretended
affidavit
written statement made under
oath (for use as proof in a court of
law)
affinity
feeling of kinship; similarity
affliction
state of distress; trial; cause of
distress or suffering; V. afflict:
inflict grievous suffering on
affront
insult; offense; intentional act of
disrespect;

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