Sadlier Oxford Book E Unit 6 Vocab + Morphology

Hopefully this helps you with your vocab!

accede

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

Idiomatic Preposition: accede TO
Noun: accedence

brandish

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

comprise

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

Noun: comprisal

deft

(adj.) skillful, nimble

Noun: deftness

destitute

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

Noun: destituteness

explicit

(adj.) definite, clearly stated

Noun: explicitness/the explication
Verb: to explicate
Adv: explicitly

extirpate

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

Noun: the extirpation/extirpator
Adj: extirpative
Adv: extirpatively

inopportune

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

Noun: inopportunity

ironic

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

Noun: the irony [of]
Adv: ironically

musty

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 stale, moldy; out-of-date

officious

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

Noun: an official
Verb: to officiate
Adv: officiously/officially

ominous

(adj.) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

Noun: [the/an] omen
Adv: ominously

pinnacle

(n.) a high peak or point

premeditated

(adj. part.) considered beforehand, deliberately planned

Noun: the premeditation
Verb: to premeditate

rampant

(adj.) growing without check, running wild

Adv: rampantly

solace

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

stately

(adj.) dignified majestic

supple

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

Noun: suppleness

suppress

(v.) to stop by force, put down

Noun: the suppression/suppressant
Adj: suppressed

venal

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

Adv: venally

com-

with, together

im-

in, not

ex-

out

-ate

to make or create

in-

not

-port-

to carry

-ic

characteristic of

-ous

full of

pre-

before

-med-

to think

sol-

1. comfort
2. one/alone
3. sun

ven-

1. to sell
2. to come