third set continued

insolent- insulting in manner or speech
Her insolent manner with the teacher got her a detention.

notorious- known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
Everyone thinks that being notorious like biggie smalls is good, but really it is not something to aspire to.

pugnacious- combative; belligerent
The seniors are said to be pugnacious children who only settle their arguments by bickering and complaining.

reprehensible- worthy of blame
It was reprehensible of him to kick his mom in the ankle; he got grounded for a week

brittle- easily broken when subjected to pressure
The books were so brittle that if you turned the pages to fast the would crumble.

deleterious- having a harmful effect; injurious
Watching to o much tv can have a deleterious effect on your learning ability.

enmity- mutual hatred or ill-will
I think me and flan have great enmity towards one another.

heinous- hatefully evil; abominable
For his heinous crimes of brutally murdering people the prisoner was given the electric chair.

malfeasance- wrongdoing; misconduct
My mom always think she catches me in malfeasance when my words don't come out the way I want them to.

malice- extreme ill-will or spit
I hold malice in my heart for every lizard that I see; I hope they burn up.

putrid- rotten
On the bus it smelled putrid; I thought we had run over a skunk.


rancorous- hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
The rancorous relationship between the two ex's was so bad that no one could imagine how they managed to be together for so long.

toxic- poisonous
There were toxic fumes coming from out of the dumpster, turns out it was only a dead rat.

archaic- characteristics of an earlier period; old-fashioned
The painting represented an archaic time.

hackneyed- worn out through overuse; tritenolo
Some of the phrases that are started by the seniors are hackneyed all the time by the younger class men.

medieval- reffering to the middle ages; old-fashioned
My grandma's house looks like something that you would find in medieval times; man it is old.

obsolete- no longer inn use; old-fashioned
They keep upgrading the windows software because the old ones are obsolete.

austere- without decoration; strict
His mom is so austere that she will only let him eat dinner when his homework is all done.

mediocrity- the state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
My mom does not support mediocrity in grades, but yet that seems to be where most of my grades fall.

mundane- commonplace; ordinary
The replica of the Great Halls were so mundane that not even the tour guide seemed to be in awe.

ponderous- extremely dull
Sometimes the lectures given in science and history classes are so ponderous that all the students tend to fall right to sleep.

prosaic- unimaginative; dull
His work on the piece was so prosaic that everyone wondered if he gave it any thought at all.

sedentary- not migratory; settled
It is impossible for me to sedentary because I always have to move around and try new things.

apprehension- anxiety or fear about the future
I have a little apprehension of what I am going to do next after I leave high school and college starts.

harbinger- something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
I wish I had a harbinger to help tell me how my life will play out in the future.

ominous- menacing; threatening
The bear seemed ominous to the two campers who were not prepared for his coming.

premonition- a feeling about the future
That so Raven always seems to get premonitions on things that are going to happen to her and her friends.

timorous- timid; fearful about the future
The timorous baby bird began to ease to the edge of the nest in order to start his flight practice.

trepidation- uncertainty; apprehension
His trepidation was clear when he could not figure out whether to pick the pudding or the cobbler.

innovative- introducing something new
The presenter gave an innovative speech on cow tipping and the effect it leaves on the cow.

naive- lacking sophistication
The farmer was so naive that he actually believed that babies came from storks.

nascent- coming to existence; emerging
The new era of living is nascent.

novel- strikingly new or unusual
The master came up with a novel idea to higher more workers to make work time shorter.

novice- a beginner
She was only a novice for a few weeks before they realized that her dance skill was way beyond that point.

the third set

Lament- express grief for mourn
The whole family lamented over the death of their grandfather.

Melancholy- sadness; depression
Crystal was filled with melancholy when she found out that she couldn’t go to the graduation.

Sanction- an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
The Vietnamese put a sanction on Cambodia so that the people would stay under the control of the Vietnamese.

Truncated- shortened; cut off
The teacher told her to that her paper needed to be truncated.

Aesthetic- having to do with the appreciation of beauty
Thee drawing of the girl brought out an esthetic that no other artist could ever unleash.

Anthology- a collection of literary pieces
I bet that Susan’s house is full of anthology in every room.

Contemporary- current, modern; from the same time
My friend’s piano piece was a contemporary version of Beehtoven.

Dilettante- one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
You can never trust Jakes opinion because he has a dilettante wisdom on the subject of dogs.

Eclectic- made up of a variety of sources or styles
My cousins dancing is eclectic, she learns several different types of dancing.

Excerpt- a selected part of a passage or scene
When I study for Geography I only study the important excerpts.

Genre- describing a category or artistic endeavor
When people as me what genre music I like I answer all because I don’t discriminate.

Medley- an assortment or mixture, especially of musical pieces
I always like to get the trail mix because it has a medley of snacks inside.

Mural- a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
The mural in the gym is a great reminder of what Chinquapin stands for.

Narrative- characterized by the telling of a story, a story
Jimmy told the same narrative everyday, the one where he married a rich lady and was happy.

Parody- an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
The class tried to make a parody of the Crucible.

Realism- artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
The realism in his art made the rest of us believe that it was an actual person sitting there instead of a painting.

Virtuoso- a tremendously skilled artist
I believe that Dave is a piano virtuoso because he plays the piano with such eloquence and skill.

Decorous- proper; marked by good taste
Everyone wishes that the seniors could be decorous.

Equanimity- the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
Sometimes I wish my mom could have equanimity instead of just getting mad at me before she knows the whole story.

Modest- quiet or humble in manner or appearance
She wore a modest dress so as to not be seen by everyone at the party.

Propriety- appropriateness of behavior
My mom always taught me to sneeze into a tissue as an propriety.

Prudent- exercising good judgment or common sense
It is prudent for my mom to wait until she hears the whole story before reacting.

Serene- calm
The lake is supposed to be a serene place to go.

Staid- unemotional; serious
The French teacher had such a staid demeanor that he remained calm even though everyone failed the test.

Stoic- indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
My brother thinks that he is stoic because he supposedly feels no pain.

Condemn- to express strong disapproval of; demeanor
The people of Salem were condemned because they were so called witches.

Discredit- to cause to be doubted
After his lie on what happened to the money his honesty was discredited and no one ever believed him again.

Disparage- to speak of it in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
The math teacher disparaged Kersia’s work as being sloppy and illegible.

Pejorative- describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
Most of the teachers try not to use pejorative words when they are talking to the students.

Plagiarism- the act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one’s own
If you are suspected of plagiarism then you will be kicked out of the school.

Vilify- to make vicious statements about
The tennis player began to vilify his opponent by spreading dirty rumors about him.

Brusque- rudely abrupt
She was a brusque person always saying mean things to everyone who talked to her.

Caustic- bitingly sarcastic or witty
In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare has a caustic humor.

Fractious- quarrelsome; unruly
Ellen Keller was a fractious child never listening to anyone or anything.

Incorrigible- unable to be reformed
My dog is incorrigible no matter how many times I spank him he still goes back and does the wrong thing.

Ingrate- an ungrateful person
She is an ingrate because she takes all the opportunities that she is given as a joke.

the second set of part 2

Vitality- energy; power to survive
After working so hard on the proposal, Lauren had lost her usual vitality to write proposals for- the class.

Assimilation- to absorb; to make similar
For their project Johnathan and Rykeem tried to make an assimilation of the 80’s by wearing big hair and tall shoes.

Consensus- general agreement
Mauricio and Kersia came to a consensus that he would not say toots if she would be nicer to him.


Context- circumstances of a situation; environment
Marcell said that her statement was taken out of context because no one stayed to hear the rest of what she had to say.

Derived- copied or adapted from a source
In her presentation Lauren explained to the class how she derived her recipes from her mothers cookbook.

Incumbent- imposed as a duty; obligatory
Since Tianna was the host of the party; it was incumbent upon her to make sure that everyone was having a great time.

Inevitable- certain to happen; unavoidable
It is inevitable that all the seniors will be graduating May 27th.

Malleable- easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
Dee thought the clay for ceramics was going to be malleable, but she soon found out that it would be harder than she thought.

Subdue- to restrain; hold back
Everyone tried to subdue Javier from hitting the teacher because he was mad about the grade that he gave him.

Acquired- developed or learned; not naturally occurring
Tracy acquired a taste for seafood because she began to eat almost every other night.

Conception- the ability to form or understand an idea
Marixa had no conception of how much time it took her parents to make her the fancy dinner.

Conviction- a fixed or strong belief
Ivan would not listen to my side of the argument because he had a strong conviction that he was the one that was right.

Dogmatic- stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
Richard was dogmatic in his belief that eating chocolate before you run made you run faster.

Enlightening- informative; contributing to one’s awareness
Angelica found the lecture on West Africa enlightening because she found out things that she never knew before.

Impression- a feeling of understanding resulting form an experience
Cassandra was under the impression that the class coming to her house to the party, but she must have been wrong because they all went to Starbucks.

Intuition- a power of knowing tings without thinking; sharp insight
Ciara’s intuition showed her what was going to happen in the future so she was always prepared.

Misconception- an incorrect understanding or interpretation
It is a common misconception that Micheal is a troublemaker.


I have stopped listening to Kameron’s perception because it always seems to lead me down the wrong path.

Perspective- point of view
No one would listen to Heather’s perspective because she never said anything worth listening to.

Profound- having great depth or seriousness
Susan’s profound decision to not give people Ap credit if they didn’t do the work was enough to scare the whole class.

Inherent- inborn; built in
I think Cheyann’s inherent characteristic is to be loud just like her older sister.

Innate- possessed from birth; inborn
Patricia’s possessed an innate quality to work hard and always do her best.

Inveterate- long established; deep-rooted; habitual
Shomari thinks that he is an inveterate liar because he doesn’t tell the whole truth but just certain parts.

Omnipotent- all-powerful
Lauren would argue that the only one who is omnipotent is Jesus.

Proximity- closeness
You can’t be afraid to be in close proximity with someone else when you go to the club because you are always going to touch someone.

Elusive- difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting
Chassidy’s expression was elusive it could only be recreated on a camera.

Emigrate- to leave one country or region to settle in another
It hard to see how the pilgrims could do it emigrating from place to place all the time.

Transient- passing away with time; passing from one place to another
People who travel the world have a transient lifestyle moving from place to place with nothing but the clothes they have on their back and the fresh air in their lungs.

Transitory- short-lived or temporary
The sadness that Sammy felt was only transitory he was better in a week.

Affable- easy-going; friendly
The class enjoyed going to Dave’s class because he was a affable man.

Amenable- responsive; agreeable
Because we were tired of the complaining we were all amenable to the fact that we are almost finished.

Camaraderie- good will between friends
There was very little camaraderie between Chinquapin’s and Logos’ soccer teams seeing as they have been archenemies for the longest.

Cordial- friendly; sincere
Cesar received a cordial greeting from the rest of the people working at the golf tournament.

Facetious- playfully humorous
Alex facetious attitude was well known to all the students so they all were ready for his practical jokes.

Impinge- hinder; interfere with
The teachers were starting to impinge the seniors last few months of high school.

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Slander- false charges and malicious oral statement about someone
Mauricio’s mom tried to sue Tide for saying she was a liar, she told them that they were slandering her name.

Spurious- not genuine
His spurious claim that the Rockets were the best players in the NBA was funny to everyone who had seen them play.

Astute- shrewd; clever
She is astute; she never gets in trouble for not doing her homework.

Clandestine- secretive
The girls planned a clandestine attack on the school, but everything had to go according to plan in order for the plan to work.

Coup- a brilliantly executed plan
The coup went well thanks to the help of Kersia who had excellent spying skills.

Disingenuous- not straightforward; crafty
There are a few guys in the dorm that are disingenuous and that’s how people’s stuff ends up stolen.

Ruse- a crafty trick
The seniors are trying to figure out what would be the best ruse to pull on the whole school at the end of the year.

Stratagem- a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
Planting a tape record in Sarah’s purse was a clever stratagem to find out what she really felt about her friends.

Surreptitiously- done by secretive means
Kersia drank the wine surreptitiously because she didn’t want her parents to catch her.

Wary- on guard
My mother becomes wary every time I am at home alone because she watches to many CSI episodes.

Wily- cunning
Each year it is said that a new batch of wily seniors comes around and tortures the teachers.

Ambiguous- open to more than one interpretation
My cousin’s eyes are ambiguous sometimes I think they are green and other times they look as if they are hazel.

Ambivalent- simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
He had ambivalent feelings about his first year in college; on the one hand he was excited to be out of high school but on the other he was scared to be out on his own.

Apathetic- feeling or showing little emotion
The class had apathetic looks on their face when the teacher told them about their problems.

Arbitrary- determined by impulse rather than reason
The teachers made an arbitrary decision when they said that we could not wear pajamas to school.

Capricious- impulsive and unpredictable
My mom’s capricious attitude made all of us mad when she blamed us for things that we didn’t even do.

Equivocate- to avoid making a definite statement
My brother always tries to equivocate his answers by saying could or may so that I can’t disprove him.

Indifferent- not caring one way or the other
When Cesar asked me if it was ok for him to be on my team for fields day I shrugged my shoulders because I was indifferent to the whole thing.

Spontaneous- unplanned; naturally occurring
During class she spontaneously jumped up and began to dance while the teacher was talking.

Whimsical- subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
Everyone knew she was whimsical so they would wait in class for her to do something that would be out of the ordinary.

Inconsequential- unimportant
She thought that bringing her book to class was inconsequential, but it turned out that she needed it for the day.

Superficial- concerned with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
They all thought she was superficial because all she was concerned with was having expensive clothes and shoes.

Tenuous- having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
Luis’ grasp on the concept of doing your homework on time was tenuous so he never understood why he would get low grades.

Trivial- of little importance or significance
Yesenia felt that doing her hair today was trivial since everyone had already seen it messy anyway.

Assiduous- hard-working
We try to tend the garden at school with assiduous attention but there is just too much to do.

Compelling- forceful; urgently demanding attention
Daniela never fought for the voice of the students so she gave the seniors a compelling reason to vote for a new president.

Diligent- marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
The class worked diligently on their projects because they knew that it would be their final grade for the year.

Dogged- stubbornly preserving
Aby’s first attempts to learn how to ride a horse ended in failure, but her dogged efforts later led to her success.

Endure- to put up with; to survive a hardship
It was difficult for the juniors to endure the 2 hour lecture that they were given in class the other day.

Intrepid- courageous; fearless
If Ivan joins the military he will have to be an intrepid solider, not afraid to do anything.

Maverick- one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
Sometimes I wish I could be a maverick and break rules and do things my own way.

Obdurate- stubborn; inflexible
I’m glad that my class is not obdurate because then we would never get anything figured out.

Obstinate- stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
Even though they begged him for an extension David was obstinate to give them the extra day.

Proliferate- to grow or increase rapidly
The number of ipod touches on campus has proliferated from one to thirty- one.

Tenacity- persistence
Because of her tenacity she was always willing to go after what she wanted and get it.

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quandary- a state of uncertainty or perplexity
I was in a quandary when Brian asked me a math question.
indolent- lazy
Most of the seniors have become indolent because they don't feel like doing anything.
insipid- uninteresting, unchallenged
The golf tournament is insipid because you sit and watch people swing at balls all day.
listless- lacking energy
When I get home from school I feel listless because it has been such a long day.
torpor- laziness, inactivity
Her torpor increased over the spring break holiday when she got to sleep all day.
alienated- removed or disassociated from
The little girl was a little different so the rest of the class alienated her and didn't play with her at recess.
alliance- a union between two or more groups.
The penguins and the rest of the animals made an alliance to take over the Zoo.
disparity- differences
The disparities between cats and dogs are too numerous to count.
servile- submissive; like a servant
Her servile manner made it easy for people to get her to do stuff for them.
suppressed- kept from being circulated
The talk about her leaving the school was suppressed until the paperwork was finalized.
embellish- to decorate
The hall was embellished with all kinds of ornaments for the ball.
florid- describing flowery or elaborate speech
Her florid speech moved the crowd to rears.
opulent- exhibiting a display of great wealth
Hugh Heffner has so many women because of his opulent house and supplies that he can offer.
ornate- elaborately decorated
The hall for the Christmas dinner was filled with ornate decorations for the tables.
ostentatious- describing a showy display.

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Day 1.
assertion= statement
Her assertion that she had never seen a camel before was so shocking that all of her friends decided to take her to the zoo.
clarity= clearness in thought or expression
I think that then seniors need a little bit of clarity on this whole Chinquapin style prom.
cogent= convincing, reasonable
Her lie as to why she was late coming home was so cogent that she even believed it.
coherent=logically connected
The teachers knowledge of basic math was not coherent, first he would talk about cosines then he would jump to statistics.
cohesive= condition of sticking together

didactic= intended to instruct

The video was didactic because it taught the students how to be safe and careful drivers.

discourse= verbal expression or exchange;conversation

Me and my brother had a friendly discourse on Gmail that dealt with everything from today's assignment to something stupid that a kid said in class.

eloquence= the ability to speak vividly

It is said that President Taft's eloquence in speaking moved the whole crowd to do as he said.
emphasize- to give special attention to something
I tried to put emphasize on how much I liked the laptop so that maybe my mom would buy it.
fluid- easily flowing
The SAT seemed to be fluid until I got to the math section.
implication- the act of suggesting or hinting
Everyone could tell from her implication that she anted them to throw her a birthday party.
lucid- easily understood
The lucid math lesson left the students with no questions.
rhetoric- the art of using language effectively
It's hard for people who talk a lot to learn rhetoric because then they'll have barely anything to say.
arbiter- a judge who decides a disputed issue
Judge Judy is a good arbiter for all types of law suits.
biased- prejudiced
My aunt says that my mom is always biased of Shomari whenever they get into a fight.
exculpate- to free from guilt or blame
When Micheal Jackson was exculpated for touching that little boy the whole world was happy.
impartial- not in favor of one side or the other
When fights happen between my brother and my mom I try to stay impartial to either side.
incontrovertible- not able to be denied or disputed
Mr. Piddles had incontrovertible evidence against the four seniors and their robbery.
integrity- trustworthiness
His integrity was put to the test when his mom asked him about the missing money.
objectivity- treating facts without influence from personal feelings
On Law and Order the judge had to step down because of her objectivity with the case,
penitent-expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
I wish that some people could be penitent for the things that they have done.
plausible- seemingly valid or acceptable
David's explanation on how fast food meat is processed was plausible.
substantiated- supported without proof or evidence
The two finger prints substantiated my statement that someone stole my pencil.
vindicated- freed from blame
Shomari was vindicated when the man actually found his wallet in his pocket.
condescending- treating people as weak or inferior
In the movie, Precious, her ,mother was condescending towards her because she was different.
contemptuous- feeling hatred
The contemptuous feelings between the two girls was so strong that they couldn't even be in the same room with one another.
despotic- exercising absolute power
Hitler was a despotic leader, he wanted everything done his way.
dictatorial- oppressively overbearing
He learned how to be dictatorial from his generals in the army.
disdain- contempt, scorn; to look down on
I felt nothing but disdain when he tripped me down the stairs.
haughty- arrogant, vainly proud
The haughty boy always bragged about how great he was.

imperious - arrogantly domineering or overbearing
She was always telling them what to do so they all knew she had imperious ways.
patronizing- treating in a condescending manner
Their patronizing caused the girl to transfer schools.
convoluted- intricate; complex
Her homework was so convoluted that not even the teacher really understood it.
cryptic- difficult to comprehend
I was so tired in class that everything the teacher said was cryptic.
futile- having no useful purpose
We realized that it was futile to try and get all the teachers to see things our way.
impede- to slow the progress of
The traffic on 610 impeded traffic so that we were only moving 15mph.
obscure- to conceal or make distinct
His head was so big that it obscured me from seeing the board.