Vocabulary+List+6

brandish, comprise, explicit, inopportune, musty, ominous, solace, stately, supple, suppress, accede, deft, destitute, extirpate, ironic, officious, pinnacle, premeditated, rampant, venal


 * accede:** //v.// to agree to; to enter upon duties


 * brandish:** //v.// to wave or flourish in a menacing manner

Jenny //brandished// her fist in the air, waving it rapidly in order to emphasize her argument in the class' debate.


 * comprise:** //v.// consist of; include


 * deft:** //adj.// neatly skillful and quick in one's movements.


 * destitute:** //adj.// needy, lacking; deprived of the basic necessities in life


 * explicit:** //adj.// definite, clearly stated

Odysseus received //explicit// instructions from Hermes on how to rescue his crew from the bewitching sorceress, Circe.


 * extirpate:** //v.// to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

//The Trojan War could not have come at a more inopportune time; Odysseus' wife, Penelope, had just given birth to their first son, Telemachus.//
 * inopportune:** //adj// occurring at a bad time


 * ironic:** //adj.// suggesting and incongruity between expectation and outcome; sarcastic

I find it ironic that in a song entitled "Never Say Never" the singers say "never" at least fifteen times.

//Lacking ventilation, the food stores in the ship's hold quickly became musty.//
 * musty:** adj. stale
 * officious:** //adj.// meddlesome; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

//As they approached the Strait of Messina, the dark caves and rough winds were an ominous sign of the terror to come.//
 * ominous:** //adj.// threatening
 * pinnacle:** //n.// a high peak or point

//Clytemnestra's murder of her husband, Agamemnon, was not a crime of passion; it was a premeditated act of treachery.//
 * premeditated:** adj. planned beforehand


 * rampant:** growing or running wild

//After weeks of rough seas and hunger, the lotus flower provided much needed solace to Odysseus and his crew.//
 * solace:** //n.// relief or comfort //v.// to comfort
 * stately:** //adj.// dignified, majestic

The limbs of acrobats must always be very supple in order to to accomplish their fantastic midair tricks with grace.
 * supple:** //adj.// flexible

//Despite the alluring Circe and the lavish banquet she laid out for the crew, Eurylochus was able to suppress his hunger and resist her temptations.//
 * suppress:** //v.// put down by force; keep back, conceal
 * venal:** //adj.// open or marked by bribery or corruption