Unit 6 Vocab (E)

to yield to; to assume an office or dignity

• accede

• deft

• ironic

• ominous

I _____ my umbrella repeatedly in a vain effort to hail a cab.

• comprised

• destituted

• brandished

• extirpated

to include or contain; to be made up of

• explicit

• comprise

• musty

• pinnacle

skillful, nimble

• inopportune

• officious

• deft

• accede

deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

• inopportune

• rampant

• brandish

• destitute

The more ____ your directions are, the easier it will be for all of us to find our way to the campsite.

• explicit

• ironic

• musty

• comprise

We must do everything we can to ____ racism from American Society.

• ominous

• deft

• extirpate

• accede

coming at a bad time; not appropriate

• inopportune

• officious

• pinnacle

• destitute

The short stories of O. Henry are famous for their ____ endings.

• premeditated

• stately

• inopportune

• ironic

stale, moldy; out-of-date

• explicit

• deft

• accede

• musty