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The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

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your request for a hearing. 3 assume, undertake, take on or up,<br />

agree to bear: I'll accept the responsibility for replying. 4<br />

reconcile oneself to, suffer, undergo, experience, stand,<br />

withstand, stomach, endure, bear, resign oneself to, brook,<br />

allow, tolerate, take: I think I have accepted enough criticism<br />

for one day.<br />

acceptable<br />

adj. 1 satisfactory, adequate, tolerable, all right,<br />

sufficient, admissible, passable, Colloq OK, okay: <strong>The</strong> bread<br />

and meat were acceptable, but the beer was awful. 2 agreeable,<br />

pleasing, welcome, satisfying, delightful, pleasant, pleasing:<br />

Most people find her compliments quite acceptable.<br />

accessible<br />

adj. approachable, open, available, attainable, obtainable,<br />

reachable, ready, at hand, Colloq get-at-able: <strong>The</strong> president is<br />

always accessible to those seeking help. <strong>The</strong> mechanism is<br />

accessible if the cover is removed.<br />

accessory n. 1 extra, addition, adjunct, attachment, component, frill,<br />

Slang bells and whistles, doodah, US and Canadian doodad: My<br />

food processor has more accessories than I could ever need. 2<br />

accessary, accomplice, helper, assistant, confederate,<br />

colleague, abettor, aide, collaborator, co-conspirator,<br />

conspirator, fellow-criminal, associate or partner in crime:<br />

Although he did not rob the bank, he drove the getaway car,<br />

which legally makes him an accessory before the fact. A seller<br />

<strong>of</strong> stolen goods is an accessory after the fact.<br />

--adj. 3 extra, subordinate, auxiliary, additional, ancillary,<br />

supplemental, supplementary, secondary, adventitious, Formal<br />

adscititious: For no apparent reason, the salamander grew an<br />

accessory limb near its hind leg.<br />

accident n. 1 mishap, misfortune, mischance, misadventure, blunder,<br />

mistake; casualty, disaster, catastrophe, calamity: A high<br />

percentage <strong>of</strong> the road accidents were caused by drunken drivers.<br />

2 chance, fortune, luck, fortuity, fluke; serendipity: I came<br />

across the gold ring by accident, when cleaning out a disused<br />

cupboard. 3 non-essential, accessory or accessary, extra,<br />

addition: Melancholy is an almost inseparable accident <strong>of</strong> old<br />

age.

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