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accoutrement
noun

an additional item of dress or equipment.
"the accoutrements of religious ritual"

 

acerbic
adjective

(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
"his acerbic wit"
 
 

alliteration
noun

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
"the alliteration of ‘sweet birds sang’"
 
 

allurement
noun

the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
"one thing we would wish for to make us feel better about our physical allurements."
 
 

alma mater
noun

the school, college, or university where you studied.
 
 

apiculture
noun

technical term for beekeeping.
 
 

arbitraging

verb

buy and sell assets using arbitrage.
"much of the short selling was being done by people who were arbitraging between the bond and the equity market"
 
 

asperous
advective

rough, scabrous, rugged, uneven.
 
 

aural
adjective

relating to the ear or the sense of hearing.
"information held in written, aural, or visual form"
 
 

axiom
noun

a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
"the long-held axiom that education leads to higher income"

 

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