accuse        v. 责备，控告，谴责 

to charge with a fault or offense¹ : BLAME    

acme          n．顶点，极点

the highest point or stage     

acquiesce     v.勉强同意,默认  

to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively   

intransigent:acquiesce::eferentialffend     

acquiesce:yield::capitulate :categorical

acquiesce<>defy          resist<>acquiesce    

acquisition   n. 获得,添加物品 

the act of acquiring    

divestiture² <> acquisition

acquit        vt. 开释,释放,完成,表现 

to discharge completely    

acrid³         a. 苦味的,辛辣的,尖刻的 

sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent⁴ in taste or odor : IRRITATING

acrid : gentleness :: forthright⁵ : guile     

grating : sound :: acrid : odor      

stridency : sound :: acridity⁶ : odor            

acrid <> (entle

acrimonious⁷   a. 严厉的,辛辣的,刻毒的 

caustic⁸, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner

acrimonious <> harmonious⁹

adamant¹⁰       a.强硬的,固执的  

unshakable or immovable especially in opposition¹¹ : UNYIELDING 

adamant : flexibility¹² :: refractory¹³ : control    

impossible : execute :: adamant: moved     

adamant:yield::cautious:gamble 

adamant <> vacillatory

adamant <>moved

adapt         vt. 使适应,改编

to make fit (as for a specific or new use or situation) often by modification¹⁴

adapt <>remain unchanged

addicted¹⁵      adj. 痴迷 

to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually¹⁶ or obsessively  

inured¹⁷ : tolerance¹⁸ :: addicted : dependency  

ad-hoc        adv. 临时地，没有充分准备的

for the particular end or case at hand without consideration of wider application    

adjacent      a. 毗连的,邻近的,接近的 

b : having a common endpoint or border 

c : immediately preceding or following

adjourn¹⁹       vi. 延期,休会,换地方

to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place     

convoke²⁰ <> adjourn

adjudicator   n. 评判员 

one that  act as judge     

adjunct       n. 附属物,附件,修饰语   

something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it      adjunct: <> essential element