Vocabulary Set 6

Question 1

Accede

Answer 1

Verb: to yield to, to assume an office or dignity.

Question 2

Brandish

Answer 2

Verb: to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion.

Question 3

Comprise

Answer 3

Verb: to include or contain, to be made up of.

Question 4

Deft

Answer 4

Adj: skillful, nimble

Question 5

Destitute

Answer 5

Adj: deprived of the necessities of life, lacking in

Question 6

Explicit

Answer 6

Adj: definite, clearly stated

Question 7

Extirpate

Answer 7

Verb: to tear up by the roots, to destroy totally

Question 8

Inopportune

Answer 8

Adj: coming at a bad time, inappropriate

Question 9

Ironic

Answer 9

Adj: suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic

Question 10

Musty

Answer 10

Adj: stale, moldy, out-of-date

Question 11

Officious

Answer 11

Adj: meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

Question 12

Ominous

Answer 12

Adj: unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

Question 13

Pinnacle

Answer 13

Noun: a high peak or point

Question 14

Premeditated

Answer 14

Adj part: considered beforehand, deliberately planned

Question 15

Rampant

Answer 15

Adj: growing without check, running wild

Question 16

Solace

Answer 16

Noun: comfort, relief. Verb: to comfort, to console.

Question 17

Stately

Answer 17

Adj: dignified, majestic

Question 18

Supple

Answer 18

Adj: bending easily, bending with agility, readily adaptable, servile

Question 19

Suppress

Answer 19

Verb: to stop by force, put down

Question 20

Venal

Answer 20

Adj: open to or marked by bribery or corruption.