Vocab 6

(v.) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity

(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 an 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 stale, moldy; out of date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

(adj.) threatening, unfavorable, of bad omen

(n.) a high point or peak

(adj.) considered beforehand, deliberately planned

(adj.) growing without check; running wild

(v.) to comfort, console (n.) comfort, relief

(adj.) dignified, majestic

(adj.) bending easily, bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile

(v.) to stop by force; to put down

(adj.) open to or marked by bribery or corruption