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ELA Vocab List 6
Accede-Venal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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| Musty | Stale, moldy; out of date |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 |