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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Larceny (noun) DEF: Theft; robbery; stealing RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCES: He has been accused of several larcenies.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.