Vocabulary words ending with ACY

Adequacy: the fact of being enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose:

Sentence: The adequacy of public healthcare has been brought into question.

Confederacy: situation in which states or people join together for a particular purpose

Sentence: They’ve entered this new confederacy because the central government’s been unable to control the collapsing economy.

Conspiracy: the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal:

Sentence: The three men are accused of conspiracy.

Diplomacy: skill in dealing with people without offending or upsetting them:

Sentence: It took all her tact and diplomacy to persuade him not to resign.

Efficacy: the quality of being effective; effectiveness:

Sentence: The drug’s efficacy has been questioned by consumer advocates.

Fallacy: an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false

Sentence: It’s a fallacy to suppose that wealth brings happiness.

Inaccuracy: a situation in which a fact or measurement is not completely correct or exact

Sentence: I pointed out the inaccuracy of his statement.

Intricacy: the quality of having a lot of complicated small parts or details

Sentence: The price depends on the intricacy of the work.

Lunacy: extreme foolishness or mental illness:

Sentence: It would be lunacy to try and climb the mountain in this weather.

Obstinacy: the quality of being unreasonably determined,

Sentence: Sheer obstinacy prevented her from apologizing.

Profligacy: the act of spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise.

Sentence: It was profligacy which cost them a victory.