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absorptivity.noun
inflected
form(s).plural.absorptivities
the property of a body that determines the fraction
of incident radiation
absorbed by the body
abstinence.noun
voluntary.forbearance
especially from indulgence
of an appetite or craving or from eating some foods
abstention.noun
the act or practice of abstaining
abstinent,
abstentious.adjectives
abstinently.adverb
abstruse.adjective
difficult to understand; recondite
abstrusely.adverb
abstruseness.noun
synonym.ambiguous
absurd.adjective
clearly untrue or unreasonable and therefore laughable,
ridiculous,
ludicrous,
etc.; laughably inconsistent with what is true; foolish
academic.adjective
of learning; scholastic; scholarly; of the mental
faculties, the mind (not necessarily yet of the heart, the emotions)
adjective-academical
academic
adverb-academically
in an academic manner
accede,
acceded,
acceding,
accedes.intransitive
verbs
consent
given often at the insistence
of another; concede; to become
a party to an agreement or treaty; to arrive at or come into an office
or dignity (accede to the throne)
accedence, acceder.noun
accede implies a
yielding, often under pressure, of assent
or consent (officials caught red handed had no choice but to accede to
the demands)-
synonyms.assent,
agree, acquiesce, consent, concur,
subscribe
accentuate,
accentuated,
accentuating,
accentuates.transitive
verbs
to stress or emphasize; intensify; to pronounce
with a stress or an accent; to mark with an accent
accentuation-noun
accord,
accorded,
according,
accords.transitive
verbs
to make, agree or harmonize;
unity
accordance.noun
agreement; conformity.(in
accordance with your instructions); the act of granting
accordingly.adverb
in accordance;
correspondingly;
consequently
accost.transitive
verb
to approach and speak to
accouterment.noun-usually
used in.plural-–
accouterments
equipment, trappings (a soldier's outfit usually
not including clothes and weapons); accessory items of clothing or equipment
accretion.noun
the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual
buildup, as an increase by external addition or accumulation (as by adhesion
of external parts or particles);
the increase of land by the action of natural forces; an extraneous
addition (accretions of grime)
accretionary,
accretive.adjectives
acrimonious.adjective
bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous:
an acrimonious on air exchange between the candidate and the anchorperson
acrimoniously.adverb
acrimoniousness.noun
accrue,
accrued,
accruing,
accrues.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to come to one as a gain,
an addition, or an increment.(interest
accruing in my savings account); to increase, accumulate, or come about
as a result of growth (common sense that accrues with experience); to come
into existence as a claim that is legally enforceable; to be added as a
natural increase, natural growth; to increase naturally
accrual, accrument.nouns
transitive
verb use.to accumulate
over time (I have accrued 15 days of sick leave)
absolute.adjective
perfect in quality or nature; complete; not mixed;
pure; not limited by restrictions or exceptions; unconditional (absolute
trust);
unqualified in extent
or degree; total (absolute silence); nconstrained by constitutional
or other provisions: an absolute ruler; not to be doubted or questioned;
positive (absolute proof)
absolute.noun
something that is absolute; something regarded
as independent of and unrelated to anything else; what doesn't accept
limits, restrictions, or conditions referred to
itself, its own will,
or attribution; without any limitation or condition;
the word is derived by the Latin absolutus meaning without any link
Grammar.-.indicates
what is - a construction independent by the term
Mathematics.-.the
absolute worth of a number is the real relative number, without algebraic
sign
Physics.-.the
opposite to what is relative; the system
(of a unit of measurement) is 'absolute' when
the adopted unities in this system are invariant one in every time and
every place, and are defined by theory and without any reference to experimental
results
Philosophy.-.what
doesn't depend on nothing else, to affirm its own reality
absolutely.adverb
definitely
and completely; unquestionably
acquiesce.intransitive
verb-pronunciation: ak we s
inflected form(s)-acquiesced;
acquiescing
to accept, comply, or submit tacitly
or passively, or quietly without
protesting; assent
without enthusiasm
synonym.assent
acquiesce implies
tacit
acceptance or forbearance of
opposition (acquiesced to his boss's wishes)
agree sometimes implies
previous difference of opinion or attempts at persuasion
(finally agreed to come along)
acquiescence.noun
passive assent or agreement without protest; the
state of being acquiescent
acquiescent.adjective
disposed
or willing to acquiesce; obedient
acquiescently.adverb
acquire,
acquired,
acquiring,
acquires.transitive
verbs
to get or gain by one's own efforts; to get possession
of
acquirable.adjective
acquirer.noun
acquisition.noun
the act of acquiring; something
acquired,
especially an addition to an established categoryor
group
altercation.noun
a vehement.quarrel
altercate, altercated,
altercating,
altercates.intransitive
verbs
to argue
or dispute vehemently; wrangle
auxiliary.adjective
giving assistance or support; helping; acting
as a subsidiary; supplementary (the main library and its auxiliary branches);
held in or used as a reserve (auxiliary troops, an auxiliary power generator);
equipped with a motor as well as sails
Grammar.–.of,
relating to, or being an auxiliary
verb
auxiliary.noun,.plural-auxiliaries
an individual or a group that assists or functions
in a supporting capacity (a volunteers' auxiliary at a hospital)
annex,
annexed,
annexing,
annexes.transitive
verbs
to append or attach, especially to a larger or
more significant thing; to incorporate (territory) into an existing political
unit such as a country, state, county, or city; to add or attach, as an
attribute, a condition, or a consequence
annex.noun
a building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary
building situated near a main one; an addition, such as an appendix, that
is made to a record or other document
annexation, annexationism,
annexationist.nouns
annexational.adjective
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