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Spell Bee Word: accustom


Basic Details

Word: Accustom

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To make yourself or someone else get used to something new. It is usually used as accustom yourself to something.

Synonyms: adapt, adjust, familiarise

How to Spell Accustom

Syllables: ac - cus - tom

Tricky part: The front is ac with a double c, and the end is custom with o, not u.

Watch out for: acustom, accustum, acustome

Memory tip: A custom is a habit. Put ac in front of custom, and to accustom yourself to something is to make it a habit.

Usage Examples

Example 1: It took Zoya a few days to accustom herself to the cold in Shimla.

Example 2: Our coach is trying to accustom us to early morning practice.

Example 3: Puppies need time to accustom themselves to a collar.

Fun Fact

People use accustomed far more often than accustom. You will hear I am accustomed to it much more than I accustom myself to it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

____custom

a) ak
b) ec
c) ag
d) ac

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d) ac. Ac joined to custom makes accustom, to get into a habit.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) foriegner
b) accustom
c) embarass
d) begining

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b) accustom. Beginning doubles its n before ing, foreigner puts e before i, and embarrass needs two r's.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

It took the new students a week to accustum themselves to the hostel timings.

a) accustum
b) timings
c) students
d) hostel

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a) accustum. The last part of accustom is custom, so it ends in tom.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mosutcac

a) custodian
b) accounts
c) accustom
d) outcast

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c) accustom. Accounts uses an n where these letters have an m, and outcast needs a second t and no m.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you accustom yourself to waking early, waking early becomes ____.

a) a holiday
b) a habit
c) a punishment
d) impossible

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b) a habit

2. Which word usually follows accustom yourself?

a) from
b) to
c) with
d) at

Show answer

b) to

Associated Words

thrillforeignimperativecellardestination
substitutedigestionenormityirritableherbal

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