(v) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
Synonyms:
entice, confront, welcome, entreat, consult, beseech.
Antonyms:
avoid, evade, ignore, shun, scorn.
Usage:The reporters accosted the police chief to know about the scandal.
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(v) to equip or outfit, esp. with military clothes, equipment, etc. also accouter (U.S)
Synonyms:
embellish, outfit, rig, equip.
Antonyms:
disrobe, unfurnish.
The army is accoutered with sophisticated weapons to fight against the hidden terrorists. Usage:
53. ACCRUE [uh-kroo](v) to come to one as a gain, addition, or increment; To increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth;
Synonyms:
accumulate, amass, build up, aggregate, amalgamate.
Antonyms:
dissipate, dwindle, lessen, squander, waste.
Usage:
Interest is accruing in my savings account.
54. ACERBITY [uh-sur-bi-tee](n) sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste;
harshness or severity, as of temper or expression.
Synonyms:
acidity, asperity, astringency, mordancy, vitriolicism, acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, irritability.
Antonyms:
mellowness, sweetness, mildness, kindness, politeness.
Usage:
The acerbity of lemon can be attributed to the presence of citric acid.
(n) the highest point (of something); the highest level or degree attainable.
Synonyms:
summit, zenith, pinnacle, culmination, crest, apogee, elevation, vertex.
Antonyms:
bottom, nadir, depth, minimum, zero, rock bottom.
Usage:
1. his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty.
2. The company profits are at their acme.
(n) an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, esp. on the face, back, and chest.
Synonyms:
blemishes, pustules, blackheads, rosacea, skin inflammation, zits.
Usage: the most common form of acne usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood
(n) the branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves; the qualities or characteristics of a room, auditorium, stadium, etc., that determine the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it.
Synonyms:
echo, sound quality, sound property.
Usage:
The word acoustics comes from the Greek akoustikos (“to do with hearing”) and akouo (“to hear”)
58. ACQUIESCE [ak-wee-es]
(v) to consent or comply passively or without protest.
Synonyms:
assent, accede, submit, yield, bend, tolerate, comply,approve, conform, go along with.
Antonyms:
refuse, contest, protest, object, disagree, resist, fight.
Usage:
Mr. Jack acquiesced halfheartedly for the new business plan.
59. ACQUIT [uh-kwit]
(v) To free or clear from a charge or accusation; to release or discharge (a person) from an obligation.
Synonyms:
exculpate, exonerate, absolve, release, liberate, relieve, vindicate.
Antonyms:
convict, blame, condemn, censure, charge, sentence.
Usage:
The jury acquitted him, but the judge still think he's guilty.
60. ACRIMONY [ak-ruh-moh-nee]
(n) bitterness or sharpness of manner, speech, temper, etc.
Synonyms:acerbity, animosity, asperity, astringency, malice.
Antonyms:
amity, diplomacy, kindness, courtesy, politeness.
Usage:
The acrimony in her voice when she asked for her diaper to be changed frightened her parents.
