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- ACCLIMATE
- adjust to climate or environment; adapt
- ACCLIVITY
- sharp upslope of a hill
- ACCOLADE
- praise; approval
- ACCOMMODATE
- oblige or help someone; adapt
- ACCOMPLICE
- partner in crime
- ACCORD
- agreement
- ACCOST
- approach and speak first to a person
- ACCOUTRE
- equip
- ACCRETION
- the growing of separate things into one
- ACCRUE
- come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition
- acerbity
- bitterness of speech and temper
- acetic
- vinegary
- acidulous
- slightly sour; sharp; caustic
- acknowledge
- recognize; admit
- 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
- agree (without protest)
- acquisition
- taking possession of
- acquittal
- deliverance from a charge
- acrid
- sharp; bitterly pungent
- acrimonious
- stinging; caustic
- 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
- acute
- sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe
- adage
- wise saying; proverb
- adamant
- inflexible
- adapt
- make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust
- addendum
- addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)
- addiction
- compulsive habitual need
- addle
- rotten; muddled; crazy
- address
- direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss
- adept
- expert at
- adhere
- remain faithful, stick fast to
- adhesion
- adhering, support
- adipose
- fatty
- adjacent
- lying near, next
- adjoin
- be next to
- adjourn
- uspend until a later time; move from one place to another
- adjunct
- something attached to but holding an inferior position
- adjuration
- solemn urging;
- adjutant
- staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
- admonish
- warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
- admonitory
- containing warning
- adore
- love deeply and respect highly
- adorn
- add beauty; decorate