Question | Answer |
explicit | 1. In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term.
2. clearly expressed, to make very clear |
officious | 1. meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority
2. extremely eager to offer help or advice, bossy |
solace | 1. Give moral or emotional strength to.
2. Consolation; something that gives comfort.
3. relief from sorrow or disappointment; comfort. |
brandish | 1. Move or swing back and forth.
2. to swing, shake, flourish |
extirpate | 1. To remove by surgery.
2. To pull up by the stem or root.
3. To destroy completely. |
ominous | 1. foretelling evil
2. evil
3. telling of trouble to come; threatening. |
deft | 1. Quick and skillful in movement.
2. skillful; quick and sure - to know what you're doing |
destitute | 1. Poor enough to need help from others.
2. Without funds or belongings to care for oneself. |
inopportune | 1. coming at a bad time; not appropriate
2. Not opportune; not being a good opportunity |
ironic | 1. Meaning the opposite of what is expressed.
2. The difference between what is expected and what actually happens. |
musty | 1. Stale and unclean smelling.
2. Bad odor or taste from the effects of dryness or mildew. |
pinnacle | 1. A lofty peak.
2. the highest point of achievement; a lofty peak |
premeditated | 1. Fully planned beforehand; deliberate.
2. Think about and plan way ahead
3. planned in advance; especially a crime that was planned in advance |
rampant | 1. Threateningly wild, without restraint or control; widespread.
2. Exceeding or growing without control; wild in actions. |
stately | 1. Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue.
2. lowly, humble, servile, abject
3. appearing important and worthy of respect |
supple | 1. Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease.
2. Flexible, as of leather and skins
3. bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile |
suppress | 1. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.
2. To inhibit the expression of; check.
3. contain, smother or to restrain |
venal | 1. corrupt, open to bribery.
2. dishonest, corrupt, immoral, unethical, crooked |
Accede | 1. to consent, concur, comply
2. to yield to; to assume an office or dignity |
comprise | 1. The land he conquered comprised several provinces.
2. to form; to make up
3. to consist of or include |