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.
More Vocab Words
::: parallelism - state of being parallel; similarity; analogy::: gadfly - animal-biting fly; irritating person
::: persist - continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent
::: futile - useless; hopeless; ineffectual
::: conducive - helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards
::: frantic - wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear
::: acuity - sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
::: premonition - forewarning; presentiment; foreboding
::: descry - catch sight of (something distant)
::: recumbent - reclining; lying down completely or in part
