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Accord

v.

acquiesce

Meaning: to agree without protesting

Usage: After hearing the class’s reasons, the teacher acquiesced to their request for more time.

v.

accede

Meaning: to agree

Usage: When the class asked the teacher whether they could play baseball instead of learn grammar they expected him to refuse, but instead he acceded to their request.

n.

accord

Meaning: an agreement

Usage: After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally came to a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the coast of Greenland.

n.

consensus

Meaning: an agreement of opinion

Usage: The jury was able to reach a consensus only after days of deliberation.

n.

collusion

Meaning: secret agreement, conspiracy

Usage: The three law students worked in collusion to steal the final exam.