Level E
Vocabulary
Unit
6
Accede
Connotation: neutral
Etymology: mid-15c., from L. accedere "approach, enter upon," from ad- "to" + cedere "go, move"
Brandish
Connotation: neutral
Etymology: mid-14c., from O.Fr. brandir "to flourish (a sword)" (12c.), from brant "blade of a sword, prow of a ship"
comprise
Connotation: neutral
Etymology: 1423, from O.Fr. comprendre "to contain, comprise," from L. comprehendere “comprehend”
deft
Connotation: positive
Etymology: O.E. gedæfte "mild, gentle"
destitute
Connotation: negative
Etymology: c.1382, from L. destitutus "abandoned," destituere "forsake," from de- "away" + statuere "put, place"
explicit
Connotation: neutral
Etymology: c.1600, from Fr. explicite, explicare "unfold, unravel, explain," from ex- "out" + plicare "to fold"
extirpate
Connotation: neutral
Etymology: from Latin exstirpāre to root out,
stirps = root
inopportune
Connotation: negative
Etymology: 1533, from L.L. inopportunus "unfitting," from in- "not" + opportunus
ironicConnotation: neutral
Etymology: 1620–30; Late Latin īrōnicus; Greek eirōnikós
dissembling, insincere
musty
Connotation: negative
Etymology: 1530, perhaps a variant of moisty "moist, damp"
officious
Connotation: negative
Etymology: 1565, "zealous, eager to serve," from L. officiosus "dutiful," from officium "duty, service" (see office).
Sense of "meddlesome, doing more than is asked or required" had emerged by 1600 (in officiously).
ominous
Connotation: negative
Etymology: 1580s, from L. ominosus "full of foreboding," from omen
pinnacle
Connotation: positive
Etymology: c.1300, from O.Fr. pinacle (1261), from L.L. pinnaculum "gable," dim. of pinna "peak, point"
premeditated
Connotation: neutral
Etymology: 1540–50; < Latin praemeditātus to contemplate in advance.
rampant
Connotation: negative
Etymology: from O.Fr. ramper "to creep, climb"
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solace
Connotation: positive
Etymology: late 13c., from O.Fr. solas, from L. solari "to console, soothe"
stately
Connotation: positiveEtymology: "noble, splendid," late 14c., from state in a sense of "costly and imposing display" (such as benefits a person of rank and wealth), early 14c.; a sense also preserved in the phrase to lie in state "to be ceremoniously exposed to view before interment" (1705). Hence
also stateroom (1703), reserved for ceremonial occasions
suppleConnotation: positive
Etymology: c.1300, from O.Fr. souple "pliant, flexible," from L. supplex "submissive, humbly begging," literally "bending, kneeling down"
suppress
Connotation: negative
Etymology: from L. supprimere "press down, stop, check, stifle," from sub
"down, under" + premere "push against"
venalConnotation: negative
Etymology: from L. venalis "that is for sale," from venum "for sale"