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acute


acute - noun

  • a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

    • acute - adjective

    • having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
    • extremely sharp or intense
    • having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
    • of an angle; less than 90 degrees
    • ending in a sharp point
    • of critical importance and consequence

    acute - thesaurus

    acuate   ague   discriminating   incisive   intense   keen   knifelike   needlelike   penetrating   penetrative   piercing   sharp  


    View spelling list u-e words - set 2 and learn about the word acute in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

    Scrabble score for acute

    a is 1 c is 3 u is 1 t is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

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