Download - Vocabulary list 11 Definitions, Parts of Speech, and Example Sentences.

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


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


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


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


n/a

EX. SENTENCE: Egyptians included in their

hieroglyphics a symbol for the electric catfish of the Nile.

Larceny (noun)

DEF: Theft; robbery; stealing


n/a

EX. SENTENCES: He has been accused of several

larcenies.

Ponderous (adj.)

DEF: weighty; slow and heavy; clumsy


ponderousness, noun

ponderously, adv.

EX. SENTENCE: The students struggled to stay awake

during the ponderous lecture.

Prudent (adj.)

DEF: cautious; wise


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


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


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.