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| v. Assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty. SYN: assent - agree - consent - comply - accept - acquiesce. Ex:I accede to read so that I can do well on the SAT Critical Reading section. |
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| n. An official agreement or treaty.. SYN: accordance, concurrence, harmony. Ex:the accordion agrees with my ears. |
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| v. agree with reluctance (without protest). SYN: comply, submit, accede, accept, consent, confrom, submit, yield. Ex:To acquiesce is to say yes |
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| n. a friendly relationship. SYN: benevolence, concord, friendship, harmony. Ex:Amity describes the relationship between you and your friends and family. |
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| adj. to use someone to settle an argument. SYN: adjudication, adjustment, judement. Ex: |
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| n. Official expression of approval or agreement. SYN: accordance, concurrence, harmony. Ex:I will assent to prevent disagreement. |
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| v. to argue excessively or to attack. SYN: harp on, dwell on, assail. Ex: |
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| adj. agreeable. SYN: accomodating, amiable, conciliatory. Ex: |
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| adj. completes another thing (complementary angles in math). SYN: correlative, reciprocal, accompanying. Ex: |
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| n. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.. SYN: agreement, accomodation, concilliation. Ex:VC 1 |
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| v. to grant or yield, to acknowledge as true. SYN: accede, accept, allow. Ex:To concede is to give up and agree. |
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| n. Agreement or harmony between people or groups. SYN: accord, rapport. Ex: |
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| n. Agreement; treaty; accord.. SYN: . Ex: |
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| n. ally, accomplice. SYN: assistant, associate, colleague, aide. Ex: |
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| n. collective agreement. SYN: accord - agreement - unanimity. Ex:VC 1 |
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| adj. compatible, agreeable. SYN: corresponding, compatible, concordant. Ex: |
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| adj. Sharing a common border; touching. SYN: adjacent - adjoining - neighboring - neighbouring - next. Ex:Contiguous spots form a continuous line. |
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| adj. Mutually opposed or inconsistent.. SYN: antagonistic, adverse, antithetical. Ex:failure and victory are contradictory |
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| v. Act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it. SYN: neutralize, oppose, negate. Ex:to counteract is to act against (contrary) |
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| v. Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable. SYN: cast away - abandon - dismiss . Ex:Discard the rotten chard. |
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| n. disagreement. SYN: caucophony, dissonance, clamor, tumult. Ex:in ancient times, discord was settled by the sword |
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| adj. Disagreeing or incongruous.. SYN: dissonant - inconsistent. Ex:When the musician played the wrong chords, a discordant and ugly sound filled the concert hall. |
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| adj. Quarrelsome; contentious; wanting to argue.. SYN: cantankerous, dissentious. Ex: |
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| n. Disagreement that leads to discord.. SYN: altercation, contention, controversy. Ex:dissession causes tension between friends. |
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| v. to disagree. SYN: bemoan, denonuce, disapprove. Ex:I dissent to your scent. Go take a shower! |
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| adj. lacking harmony; unsuitable combination. SYN: Cacophonous; inharmonious; discordant; strident.. Ex:dissonant things should be kept at a distance because they do not agree |
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| n, Commotion; turmoil.. SYN: confusion, disorientation, hubbub, disorganization. Ex: |
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| n. resistance from two things moving against each other. SYN: rubbing - attrition. Ex:You can start a fire using friction by rubbing together sticks and stones. |
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| adj. So opposed in character as to be incapable of existing together.. SYN: inconsistent, irreconcilable, incongruous. Ex:incompatible people do not get along. |
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| n. refusal to compromise. SYN: adamancy, bullheadedness, doggedness, incompliancy. Ex: |
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| adj. refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion. SYN: . Ex: |
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| n. opposite or contrary position. SYN: . Ex:Inverse sounds like reverse and means the same. |
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| adj. debatable, disputable, controversial, arguable. SYN: open to debate, dubious, questionable. Ex: |
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| n. disagreement; opinions against; people against . SYN: opponent, antagonism, resistance. Ex:In a chess match, your opposition is the person in the opposite position from you. |
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| n. agreement. SYN: understanding, treaty, deal, arrangement. Ex: |
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| n. a self-contradictory statement. SYN: antinomy, contradiction, opposite. Ex:VC1 |
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| adj. stubbornly persistent. SYN: . Ex: |
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| adj. Controversial; argumentative; debatable.. SYN: debatable - contentious - moot - argumentative - arguable. Ex:political issues are often polemical |
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| v. to offer another for acceptance. SYN: present, pitch, offer, extend (a deal). Ex: |
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| n. An angry argument or disagreement, typically between people who are usually on good terms.. SYN: dispute - strife - altercation - wrangle - contention. Ex:Squirrels quarrel over nuts. |
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| adj. Complaining in a petulant or whining manner. SYN: peevish. Ex:The querulous child complained that she did not want to eat asparagus. |
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| v., n. (a) quarrel, (a) fight. SYN: bicker, dispute, contend. Ex: |
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| adj. Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not controlled or calm.. SYN: boisterous - tumultuous - stormy - tempestuous - riotous. Ex:Turbulence makes the airplane shake. |
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| adj. Fully in agreement.. SYN: solid - consentaneous - consentient. Ex:A unanimous decision is agreed upon by you and us. |
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| n. positive assetion; confirmation. SYN: . Ex: |
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| v. to attract, to entice. SYN: charm, tempt. Ex:VC 1 |
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| adj. lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. SYN: trite; hackneyed; platitudinous. Ex:bananas are banal, give me a donut instead. |
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| adj. bored with life, unimpressed. SYN: indifferent, unexcited, bored. Ex: |
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| adj. invigorating, energizing. SYN: stimulating, enthralling, refreshing. Ex: |
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| adj. Stale, trite, or commonplace through overuse. SYN: banal, commonplace, hackneyed. Ex:Bromine in boring in comparison to gold |
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