English Unit 6 vocab
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- Accede
- to yield to; assume an office or dignity
- brandish
- to wave or flourish in a manacing fashion
- comprise
- to include or contain ; to be made up of
- deft
- skillful, nimble
- destitute
- deprived of the necessities of life
- explicit
- definite, clearly stated
- extirpate
- to tear up by the roots
- inopportune
- coming at a bad time
- ironic
- suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens
- musty
- stale, mold; out of date
- officious
- meddling excessively forward in offering services
- ominous
- unfavorable threatening of bad omen
- pinnacle
- a high peak or point
- premeditated
- considered beforehand, deliberatly planned
- rampant
- growing without checks running wild
- solace
- confort, relief, to comfort, console
- stately
- dignified, majestic
- supple
- bending easily
- suppress
- to stop by force put down
- venal
- open to or marked by bribery or corruption