Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

• Unit 6

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Accede

• A driver must accede to pedestrians while in a
  parking lot.

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Brandish

• The knight is able to brandish his sword wildly
  in hopes to scare off his opponent.

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Comprise

• Before he could read, Billy looked at books
  comprised of only pictures.

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Deft

• The seamstress was very deft with her needle.

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Destitute

• After the hurricane, The Red Cross gave aid to
  the homeless and destitute.

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Explicit

• The chart gave explicit instructions for changing
  a flat tire.

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Extirpate

• The Emancipation Proclamation was said to
  extirpate slavery from the United States.

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Inopportune

• Although the party was a 700, Joe arrived at the
  inopportune time of 300.

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Ironic

• It is very ironic to see a poodle with the name
  killer.

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Musty

• The musty smell in the attic probably came from
  all of the socks we have been saving.

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Officious

• I began to think the waiter was officious when he
  washed my feet as I was eating my dinner.

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Ominous

• The news of his death was an ominous sound from
  the news reporters mouth.

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Pinnacle

• To fully scale the mountain, you must surmount
  the pinnacle.

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Premeditated

• The attack was so well executed, it was
  definitely believed to be premeditated.

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Rampant

• After the explosion, everyone in the street was
  running rampant with fear.

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Solace

• The music gave him a kind of solace.

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Stately

• At the beginning of the ceremony, there was a
  stately procession of high ranking officials.

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Supple

• The dancers supple body moved with great ease
  and grace.

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Suppress

• By surrounding the premises, the police were able
  to suppress anything else that might happen.

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Venal

• They only won because of venal relations with the
  judges.

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