Vocabulary list 11 Definitions, Parts of Speech, and Example Sentences.
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Vocabulary list 11Definitions, Parts of Speech, and Example
Sentences
Adamant (adj.)
DEF: forceful; inflexible
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
adamantly, adv.
EX. SENTENCE: We've tried to talk him into coming with
us, but he's adamant about staying here.
Brawny (adj.)
DEF: muscular
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
brawnily, adv.
brawniness, noun
EX. SENTENCE: The store manager always asked the
brawniest worker to do the heavy lifting.
Decathlon (noun)
DEF: an athletic competition with ten events
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCE: I was so tired by the end of the long
week of tests that I felt like I had participated in a
decathlon.
to Equivocate (verb)
DEF: to speak ambiguously in order to avoid telling the
truth
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
equivocation, noun
EX. SENTENCE: The applicant equivocated when we
asked her why she had left her last job, unwilling it seemed
to tell the truth.
Hieroglyphics (noun)
DEF: 1. picture writing 2. writing that is difficult to
understand or is enigmatic
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCE: Egyptians included in their
hieroglyphics a symbol for the electric catfish of the Nile.
Larceny (noun)
DEF: Theft; robbery; stealing
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCES: He has been accused of several
larcenies.
Ponderous (adj.)
DEF: weighty; slow and heavy; clumsy
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
ponderousness, noun
ponderously, adv.
EX. SENTENCE: The students struggled to stay awake
during the ponderous lecture.
Prudent (adj.)
DEF: cautious; wise
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
prudently, adv.
prudence, noun
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: War is not always the most
prudent course of action, as it can have unforeseen
consequences.
Retention (noun)
DEF: preservation; withholding
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCE: The student grasps concepts quickly but
struggles with the retention of information over the
course of a year.
Timorous (adj.)
DEF: cowardly; fearful
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
timorously, adv.
timorousness, noun
EX. SENTENCE: Marc Antony’s servant spoke with a
timorous and quavering voice when confronting the
conspirators right after the assassination.
