Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 6 (Definitions)

comprise

(V.) to include or contain; to be made up of

supple

(adj.) bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile

inopportune

(adj.) coming at a bad time; not appropriate

explicit

(adj.) definite, clearly stated

destitute

(adj.) deprived of the necessities of life, lacking in

stately

(adj.) dignified, majestic

rampant

(adj.) growing without check, running wild

officious

(adj.) meddling, excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

venal

(adj.) open to or marked by bribery or corruption

deft

(adj.) skillful, nimble

musty

(adj.) stale, moldy; out-of-date

ironic

(adj.) suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, saracastic

ominous

(adj.) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

premeditated

(adj., part.) considered beforehand, deliberately planned

pinnacle

(n.) a high peak or point

solace

(n.) comfort, relief; to comfort, console

suppress

(v.) to stop by force, put down

extirpate

(v.) to tear up by the roots, to destroy totally

brandish

(v.) to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

accede

(v.) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity