Vocabulary Word
Word: acrid
Definition: bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent
Definition: bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent
Sentences Containing 'acrid'
A painful giddiness overwhelmed Villefort; great drops of acrid sweat fell from his face upon the papers which he held in his convulsed hand.
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