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