acquirements
91background — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. setting, environment; experience, training; family (See ancestry). See knowledge, distance, rear.Ant., foreground. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Setting] Syn. backdrop, framework, environment; see setting …
92revenue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. income, receipts; earnings, profits, net, yield, dividends; taxes, tariff, customs, duties. See receiving. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Income] Syn. return, earnings, result, yield, wealth, receipts,… …
93qualifications — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. endowments, acquirements, attainments; see ability 2 , experience 3 …
94knowledge — n. 1. Apprehension, comprehension, perception, understanding, discernment, judgment. 2. Learning, erudition, scholarship, enlightenment, lore, acquirements, attainments, information. 3. Cognizance, cognition, notice, information …
95learning — n. 1. Acquisition of knowledge. 2. Erudition, scholarship, acquirements, attainments, lore, large knowledge, wide information, acquired knowledge …
96scholarship — n. 1. Learning, erudition, knowledge, attainments, acquirements, accomplishments, acquired knowedge. 2. Education, teaching. 3. Maintenance for a student, foundation for support …
97acquirement — acquirement, acquisition, attainment, accomplishment denote in common a power or skill that is the fruit of exertion or effort; in this sense they are often used in the plural. Acquirement implies achievement as a result of continued endeavor and …
98spoil — n Spoil, plunder, booty, prize, loot, swag can mean something of value that is taken from another by force or craft. Spoil applies to the movable property of a defeated enemy, which by the custom of old time warfare belongs to the victor and of… …
99Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, first Baron — (1799 1841) Sy Represented (as Charles Edward Poulett Thomson) city of Manchester in House of Commons, 2; his liberal views, 3; birth, 4; enters office of his father s firm at St. Petersburg, 5; introduced to best society there, 5; returns to… …
100acquirement — n 1.Usu. acquirements attainments, accomplishments; endowments, gifts, attributes, talents, skills; abilities, capabilities, capacities, parts; learning, erudition, knowledge, culture. 2. acquisition, obtainment, gaining. See acquisition (defs.1 …
