A Barrons Deck #2

Question 1

Accomodate

Answer 1

1. Oblige or help someone
2. Provide with housing
3. Adapt to

Question 2

Acerbity

Answer 2

Bitterness of speech and temper

Question 3

Acme

Answer 3

Top; pinnacle

Question 4

Acoustics

Answer 4

Science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

Question 5

Acquiesce

Answer 5

Assent; agree without protesting

Question 6

Acquittal

Answer 6

Deliverance from a charge

Question 7

Acrid

Answer 7

Sharp; bitterly pungent

Question 8

Acrimonious

Answer 8

Bitter in words or manner

Question 9

Acuity

Answer 9

Sharpness

Question 10

Acumen

Answer 10

Mental keenness

Question 11

Acute

Answer 11

1. Quickly perceptive
2. Keen
3. Brief and severe

Question 12

Adage

Answer 12

A wise saying; proverb

Question 13

Addle

Answer 13

Muddle; drive crazy; become rotten

Question 14

Adhere

Answer 14

Stick fast

Question 15

Adherent

Answer 15

Supporter; follower

Question 16

Adjunct

Answer 16

Something added on or attached (generally nonessential or inferior)

Question 17

Admonition

Answer 17

Warning

Question 18

Adopt

Answer 18

1. Legally take a child as one’s own
2. Choose to follow an approach or idea
3. Assume a position or attitude
4. Formally accept (a suggestion or report)

Question 19

Adroit

Answer 19

Skillful

Question 20

Adulterate

Answer 20

Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances