Unit 6-7 Vocabulary

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accede

Back 1

verb
to yield to; to assume an office or dignity

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brandish

Back 2

verb
to wave or flourish in a menacing fashion

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comprise

Back 3

verb
to include or contain; to be made up of

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deft

Back 4

adjective
skillful, nimble

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destitute

Back 5

adjective
deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

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extirpate

Back 6

verb
to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

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inopportune

Back 7

adjective
coming at a bad time; not appropriate

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ironic

Back 8

adjective
suggesting an incrongruity between what might be expected and hat actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic

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musty

Back 9

adjective
stale, moldy; out-of-date

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officious

Back 10

adjective
meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

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ominous

Back 11

adjective
unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

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pinnacle

Back 12

noun
a high peak or point

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premeditated

Back 13

adjective, participle
considered beforehand, deliberately planned

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rampant

Back 14

adjective
growing without check, running wild

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solace

Back 15

noun
comfort, relief
verb
to comfort, console

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stately

Back 16

adjective
dignified, majestic

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supple

Back 17

adjective
bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile

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suppress

Back 18

verb
to stop by force, put down

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venal

Back 19

adjective
open to or marked by bribery or corruption

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abhor

Back 20

verb
to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

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amend

Back 21

verb
to change in a formabuffetl way; to change for the better

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buffet

Back 22

verb
to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; force one's way with difficulty
noun
a slap, blow

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chaos

Back 23

noun
great confusion, dosorder

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commodious

Back 24

adjective
roomy, spacious

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corrosive

Back 25

adjective
eating away gradually, acid-like, bitterly sarcastic

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discern

Back 26

verb
to see clearly, recognize

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extant

Back 27

adjective
still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lsot

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implicate

Back 28

verb
to involve in; to connect with or be related to

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inter

Back 29

verb
to bury; to consign to oblivion

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martinet

Back 30

noun
a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

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obviate

Back 31

verb
to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

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renegade

Back 32

noun
one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw
adjective
traitorous; unconditional, unorthodox

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reprehensible

Back 33

adjective
deserving blame or punishment

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somber

Back 34

adjective
dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

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squalid

Back 35

adjective
filthy, wretched, debased

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turbulent

Back 36

adjective
disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

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vociferous

Back 37

adjective
loud and noisy; compelling attention

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voluminous

Back 38

adjective
of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

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waive

Back 39

verb
to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

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explicit

Back 40

adjective
definite, clearly stated