Vocabulary Workshop Level E

(v.) to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

(v.) to include or contain; to be made up of

(adj.) skillful, nimble

(adj.) deprived of the necessities of life, lacking in

(adj.) definite, clearly stated

(v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

(adj.) coming at a bad time; not appropriate

(adj.) suggesting and incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic

(adj.) stale, moldy; out-of-date

(adj.) meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority