Vocabulary Revision- U6

To yield to; to assume an office or dignity 

• inopportune
• musty
• accede
• brandish

to include or contain; to be made up of 

• brandish
• deft
• explicit
• comprise

deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

• explicit
• destitute 
• deft
• officious

to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion 

• brandish
• extirpate
• pinnacle
• rampant 

skillful, nimble

• ominous
• pinnacle
• deft
• supple

definite, clearly stated 

• explicit
• officious
• extirpate
• solace 

to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally 

• suppress
• extirpate
• deft
• ominous

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

• officious
• pinnacle
•  ironic
• extirpate

meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority 

• comprise
• officious
• stately
• venal 

a high peak or point

• venal
• suppress 
• solace
• pinnacle