VocabAhead

Accentuate

  1. verb

    to stress, single out as important

    Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet

    Similar: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent

  2. verb

    put stress on; utter with an accent

    In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word

    Similar: stress, accent

Word family

accentuated · accentuating

Appears on

SAT vocabulary list · GRE vocabulary list