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.