A Plus ELA Grade 10 Unit 6 Vocabulary

verb; to yield to; to assume an office or dignity

• diffident

• accuse

• accede

• plod

verb; to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

• comprise

• brandish

• ironic

• ominous

verb; to include or contain, to be made up of

• supple

• ominous

• venal

• comprise

adjective; deprived of necessities of life, lacking in

• destitute

• deft

• supple

• accede

adjective; skillful, nimble

• inopportune

• officious

• deft

• rampant

adjective; definite, clearly

• musty

• explicit

• pinnacle

• solace

verb; to tear up by the roots, to destroy totally

• inopportune

• officious

• premeditated

• extripate

adjective; coming at a bad time; not appropriate

• ironic

• inopportune

• rampant

• stately

adjective; suggesting a difference between what might be expected and what actually happens

• musty

• ironic

• officious

• ominous

adjective; stale, moldy, out-of-date

• rampant

• solace

• suppress

• musty