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.
Vocabulary words ending with ACY
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.
Vocabulary words ending with ACY
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.