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To adulterate is to 'make impure' by adding inferior substances. 'Very harmful' is pernicious, and 'careful in choosing' is selective or fastidious.

Advent refers to the 'arrival' of a notable person, thing, or event. 'Conclusion of an oration' is a peroration, and 'search thoroughly' is to ransack.

Adventitious means happening or carried on according to chance rather than design; 'accidental'. 'Commit an offense' is to perpetrate, and 'sure of righteousness' is self-righteous.

An adversary is one's 'opponent' in a contest, conflict, or dispute. 'Voracious' means wanting great quantities of food, and 'outward appearance' is a semblance.

Adverse means preventing success or development; 'going against' or harmful. 'Make perpetual' is to perpetuate, and 'related to seed' is seminal.

Adversity is a state of 'great hardship or affliction'. 'Gain above salary' is a perquisite, and 'school for ministers' is a seminary.

Acetic relates to or contains acetic acid, which gives vinegar its characteristic taste; thus 'vinegary'. 'Physician for children' is a pediatrician, and 'deviate' is to digress.

Acidulous means 'slightly sour' in taste or sharp in manner. 'Ancestry' is lineage, and 'drink greedily' is to quaff or guzzle.

To acknowledge is to accept or 'recognize' the existence or truth of something. 'One who has equal standing' is a peer, and 'small bit' is a mite or scrap.

Acme is the point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful; a 'peak'. 'Having no equal' is peerless, and 'quarrelsome' is fractious.