Chapter 6

Question 1

Accede

Answer 1

v. to yield to; assume an office or dignity

Question 2

Brandish

Answer 2

v. to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fasion

Question 3

Comprise

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Deft

Answer 4

adj. skilfull, nimble

Question 5

Destitute

Answer 5

adj. deprived of the neccesities of like, lacking in

Question 6

Explicit

Answer 6

adj. definitie, clearly stated

Question 7

Extirpate

Answer 7

v, to tear up by the roots, destroy totally

Question 8

Inopportune

Answer 8

adj. coming at a bad time; not appropriate

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 stale, moldy; out of date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

Officous

Answer 11

adj. meddling; excessive forward in offering service or assuming authority

Question 12

Ominous

Answer 12

adj. unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

Question 13

Pinnacle

Answer 13

n. a peak or high 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

n. comfort, relief; v. to comfort, 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

v. to stop by force, put down

Question 20

Venal

Answer 20

adj. open to or marked by bribery; corruption