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to yield to; to assume an office or dignity
accede
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to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
brandish
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to include or contain; to be made of
comprise
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deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
destitute
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definite, clearly stated
explicit
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to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
extirpate
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coming at a bad time; not appropriate
inopportune
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suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony; sarcastic
ironic
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stale, moldy; out-of-date
musty
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meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority
officious
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unfavorable, threatening, of a bad omen
ominous
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a high peak or point
pinnacle
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considered beforehand, deliberately planned
premeditated
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growing without check, running wild
rampant
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comfort, relief; to comfort, console
solace
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dignified, majestic
stately
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bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile
supple
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to stop by force, put down
suppress
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open to or marked by bribery or corruption
venal
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