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Acquirement vs Acquisition vs Attainment vs Accomplishment

Acquirement, acquisition, attainment and accomplishment all mean a power or skill won through exertion or effort.

Acknowledge, admit, own, avow and confess all mean to disclose against one's will or inclination.

Accuse, charge, indict, impeach all mean to declare a person guilty of a fault or offense.

Accompany, attend and escort all mean to go along with.

Accidental, incidental and adventitious all mean not being part of the real or essential nature of something.

Accidental, fortuitous, casual and contingent all mean happening by chance.

Abuse, vituperation, invective, obloquy, scurrility and billingsgate all mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval.

Absorb, imbibe and assimilate all mean to take something in so as to become imbued with it.

Absolute, autocratic, arbitrary, despotic and tyrannical all mean exercising power or authority without restraint.

Abridgment, abstract, synopsis, conspectus and epitome all mean a condensed treatment.

Abolish, annihilate and extinguish all mean to make nonexistent.

Abolish, annihilate and extinguish all mean to make nonexistent.