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acclimation, n. acclimatization.
accommodate, v. adapt, conform, adjust; oblige, favor.
accommodating, a. obliging, complaisant.
accommodation, n. adaptation, adjustment; complaisance; favor, kindness.
accompaniment, n. concomitant.
accompany, v. escort, attend, convoy; chaperon.
accomplice, n. abettor, ally, accessory, confederate, _particeps criminis_.
accomplish, v. achieve, effectuate, execute, complete, effect.
accomplished, a. completed, effected; practised, proficient.
accomplishment, n. completion, fulfillment, execution, effectuation; attainment, acquirement, acquisition, grace.
accord, n. agreement, concurrence, harmony, sympathy. Antonyms: variance, disagreement, inharmony.
accordance, n. conformity, unanimity, harmony, accord, rapport, concurrence.
according to. agreeably to, in accordance with, in conformity with, pursuant.
accost, v. greet, address, salute, hail.
accoucheur, n. obstetrician.
accoucheuse, n. midwife.
account, n. reckoning, computation, calculation, record, tab; registry, register; recital, relation, narrative, report, delineation, description, portrayal, explanation; reason, ground, consideration, motive, sake; estimate, valuation, judgment, estimation, opinion; importance, consequence, value, worth, reputation.
accountability, n. amenability, liability.
accountable, a. answerable, liable, amenable, responsible.
Antonyms: unaccountable, irresponsible, exempt.
acc.u.mulation, n. accretion, h.o.a.rd, aggregation, accrument, collection.
acc.u.mulative, a. c.u.mulative.
accuracy, n. exactness, fidelity, correctness, precision. Antonyms: inaccuracy, incorrectness, error.
accurate, a. correct, exact, just, true, literal. Antonyms: inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous.
accusation, n. crimination, charge, indictment, impeachment, arraignment, allegation, incrimination.
accusative, a. incriminatory, inculpatory, accusatory.
accuse, v. indict, charge, impeach, incriminate, arraign, criminate.
accuser, n. complainant, plaintiff, informant, prosecutor.
accustom, v. habituate, familiarize, inure.
accustomed, a. customary, wonted, habitual, usual. Antonyms: unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unwonted.
achieve, v. accomplish, effectuate, realize, effect, attain.
achievement, n. accomplishment, attainment, effectuation feat, exploit.
acknowledge, v. admit, avow, concede, own, confess. Antonyms: repudiate, deny, disavow.
acknowledgment, n. admittance, avowal, concession, recognition.
acme, n. culmination, top, zenith, climax, apex, pinnacle.
acorns, n. pl. mast. a.s.sociated Words: balaniferous, balanoid, cupule, cupuliferous, quercite, racahout.
acquaint, v. familiarize, inform, tell, apprise, notify.
acquaintance, n. familiarity; kith. Antonyms: ignorance, unfamiliarity, unacquaintance.
acquirement, n. acquisition, attainment.
acquit, v. discharge, release, exculpate, exonerate.
acquittal, n. release, discharge, exoneration, exculpation.
acrid, a. pungent, biting, corrosive, caustic.
acridity, n. pungency, bitterness, causticity, acrimony.
acrimonious, a. caustic, sarcastic, censorious, virulent, rancorous.
acrimony, n. asperity, bitterness, virulence, causticity, rancor, sharpness.
acrobat, n. equilibrist, tumbler, funambulist, vaulter.
across, prep. and adv. athwart, crosswise, traverse transversely.
act, n. performance, feat, stunt (Colloq.), exploit, achievement, deed, action, procedure, turn; decree, edict, law, statute, enactment, ordinance.
act, v. behave, deport one's self; play, personate, impersonate, mimic; feign, counterfeit, simulate, dissemble.
acting, n. personation, impersonation, simulation, feigning, stage-playing, histrionicism, histrionism, affectation mimicry, pantomime (acting without speaking).
action, n. agency, operation, movement, activity; pl. conduct, behavior, deportment, deeds; (Law) lawsuit, litigation, suit.
