acquirement, n. acquisition, [attainment].
acquit, v. [discharge], [release], exculpate, exonerate.
acquittal, n. [release], [discharge], exoneration, exculpation.
acrid, a. [pungent], [biting], [corrosive], [caustic].
acridity, n. pungency, [bitterness], causticity, [acrimony].
acrimonious, a. [caustic], [sarcastic], [censorious], [virulent], [rancorous].
acrimony, n. asperity, [bitterness], virulence, causticity, [rancor], [sharpness].
acrobat, n. equilibrist, [tumbler], funambulist, vaulter.
across, prep. and adv. athwart, [crosswise], traverse transversely.
act, n. [performance], [feat], stunt (Colloq.), [exploit], [achievement], [deed], [action], procedure, [turn]; [decree], [edict], [law], [statute], enactment, ordinance.