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Group: 6 A

Group: 6 A. Accede : (v) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity Ex: accede to their reasonable request. Brandish : (v) to wave or flourish in a menacing fashion Ex: brandish his cane threateningly Comprise : (v) to include or contain; to be made up of

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Group: 6 A

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  1. Group: 6 A Accede: (v) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity Ex: accede to their reasonable request. Brandish: (v) to wave or flourish in a menacing fashion Ex: brandish his cane threateningly Comprise: (v) to include or contain; to be made up of Ex: a book comprised entirely of essays Deft: (adj) skillful, nimble Ex: sew with deft fingers

  2. Destitute: (adj) deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in Ex: aid to destitute families Explicit: (adj) definite, clearly stated Ex: greatly in nee of explicit directions Extirpate: (v) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally Ex: extirpateall forms of racism Inopportune: (adj) coming at a bad time; not appropriate Ex: arrive at an inopportune time for me

  3. Ironic: (adj) suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic Ex: an ironic twist of fate Musty: (adj) stale, moldy; out-of-date Ex: a musty smell in the closet

  4. Accede Brandish Comprise Deft Destitute • Dexterous, adroit, proficient • To swing, shake, flourish • To consent, concur, comply, assent • Wanting, devoid, impoverished • To compose, constitute, encompass Define: Explicit, Extirpate, Inopportune, Ironic Musty

  5. Explicit Extirpate Inopportune Ironic Musty • distinct, forthright, unambiguous • Ill-timed, inconvenient, inappropriate • Stale, hackneyed, antiquated 4. To uproot, eradicate, wipe out 5. incongruous; poignant; satiric, sardonic, wry, tongue-in-cheek • Define: Officious, Ominous, Pinnacle, Premeditated, Rampant

  6. Officious Ominous PinnaclePremeditated Rampant • preplanned, rehearsed, calculated • Widespread, unrestrained, extravagant • Meddlesome, prying, impertinent • unpropitious, inauspicious, portentous • An apex, acme, summit, apogee • Define: Solace, Stately, Supple, Suppress, Venal

  7. Solace Stately SuppleSuppress Venal • To soothe, reassure, console, comfort • Flexible, limber, pliable • bribable, corruptible; mercenary • To subdue, crush, stifle, squelch, squash • grand, magnificent, imposing

  8. Synonyms: 6A • distinct, forthright, unambiguous • Dexterous, adroit, proficient • Ill-timed, inconvenient, inappropriate • Stale, hackneyed, antiquated • To swing, shake, flourish 6. To uproot, eradicate, wipe out 7. incongruous; poignant; satiric, sardonic, wry, tongue-in-cheek 8. To consent, concur, comply, assent 9. wanting, devoid, impoverished 10. To compose, constitute, encompass

  9. Explicit • Deft • Inopportune • Musty • Brandish • Extirpate • Ironic • Accede • Destitute • Comprise

  10. Group 6B Officious: (adj) meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority Ex: annoyed by the officious usher Ominous: (adj) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen Ex: an ominous report from the doctor Pinnacle: (n) a high peak or point Ex: reach the pinnacle of success Premeditated: (part.) considered beforehand, deliberately planned Ex: guilty of a premeditated act of violence

  11. Rampant: (adj) growing without check, running wild Ex: rampant rumors Solace: (n) comfort, relief (v) to comfort, console Ex: find solace in music Stately: (adj) dignified, majestic Ex: impressed by the stately procession Supple: (adj) bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile Ex: the sapling’s supple branches

  12. Suppress: (v) to stop by force, put down Ex: use force to suppress a rebellion Venal: (adj) open to or marked by bribery or corruption Ex: a venalofficial

  13. Synonyms: All • distinct, forthright, unambiguous • Preplanned, rehearsed, calculated • Widespread, unrestrained, extravagant • Meddlesome, prying, impertinent • Dexterous, adroit, proficient • Ill-timed, inconvenient, inappropriate • To soothe, reassure, console, comfort • Stale, hackneyed, antiquated • To swing, shake, flourish • Flexible, limber, pliable

  14. Explicit • Premeditated • Rampant • Officious • Deft • Inopportune • Solace • Musty • Brandish • supple

  15. 11. unpropitious, inauspicious, portentous 12. bribable, corruptible; mercenary 13. An apex, acme, summit, apogee 14. To uproot, eradicate, wipe out 15. incongruous; poignant; satiric, sardonic, wry, tongue-in-cheek 16. To subdue, crush, stifle, squelch, quash 17. To consent, concur, comply, assent 18. grand, magnificent, imposing 19. wanting, devoid, impoverished 20. To compose, constitute, encompass

  16. 11. Ominous 12. Venal 13. Pinnacle 14. Extirpate 15. Ironic 16. Suppress 17. Accede 18. Stately 19. Destitute 20. comprise

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