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.