{"word":"acquiesce","date":"2026-06-18","partOfSpeech":"verb","pronunciation":"ak-wee-ESS","definition":"to accept, comply, or submit","example":"Eventually, the professor acquiesced to the students’ request to have the seminar’s final class be a potluck lunch.","etymology":"The word acquiesce comes from Latin acquiescere, a combination of ad, meaning to, and quiescere, meaning to rest, with its first use in English around 1640. It is related to the Latin word quies, meaning rest or sleep.","source":"merriam-webster","sourceUrl":"https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/acquiesce-2026-06-18","fetchedAt":"2026-06-18T04:04:33.921Z","cached":true}