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acclaim
(n.)
high praise
(Greg’s excellent poem won the acclaim of his friends.)
accolade
(n.)
high praise, special distinction
(Everyone offered accolades to Sam after
he won the Noble Prize.)
accommodating
(adj.)
helpful, obliging, polite
(Though the apartment was not big
enough for three people, Arnold, Mark, and Zebulon were all friends and were
accommodating to each other.)
accord
(n.)
an agreement
(After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally came to
a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.)
accost
(v.)
to confront verbally
(Though Antoinette was normally quite calm, when the
waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and accosted
the man.)
accretion
(n.)
slow growth in size or amount
(Stalactites are formed by the accretion of
minerals from the roofs of caves.)
acerbic
(adj.)
biting, bitter in tone or taste
(Jill became extremely acerbic and began to
cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
acquiesce
(v.)
to agree without protesting
(Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside
and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner,
he acquiesced to her demands.)
acrimony
(n.)
bitterness, discord
(Though they vowed that no girl would ever come
between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their
friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)
acumen
(n.)
keen insight
(Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to figure
out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)