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ELA Vocab List 6
Accede-Venal
Question | Answer |
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Accede | To yield to; to assume an office or dignity |
Brandish | To Wave or flourish in a menacing fashion |
Comprise | To include or contain; to be made up |
Deft | Skillful; nimble |
Destitute | Deprived of the necessities of life |
Explicit | Definite; clearly stated |
Extirpate | To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally |
Inopportune | Coming at a bad time; not appropriate |
Ironic | Suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony sarcastic |
Musty | Stale, moldy; out of date |
Officious | Meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority |
Ominous | unfavorable, threatening, |
Pinnacle | a high peak or point |
premeditated | considered beforehand, deliberately planned |
rampant | growing without check, running wild |
solace | comfort, to relief; to comfort, console |
stately | dignified, majestic |
supple | bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile |
suppress | to stop by force, put down |
venal | open to or marked by bribery or corruption |