Grammar Composition Honors Vocabulary Set 1

adroit

verb: having/showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations.

sentence: wind instruments produce very special effects in chamber music and need an exceedingly adroit technique on the part of the composer

ubiquitous

adjective: present everywhere

sentence: phones are ubiquitous in society

exuberance

noun: quality of being full of excitement

sentence: he was always exuberant after school

arcane

adjective: understood by few/mysterious

sentence: his reasoning for the crime was arcane

charisma

noun: a quality possessing magnetic charm

sentence: coach noble has such charisma, he makes everyone look towards/excited for practice

myriad

noun: extremely great of number

sentence: there were a myriad of solutions to the math problem

adjourn

verb: to suspend an event

sentence: they decided to adjourn the movie to tommorow

anachronism

noun: out of date/irrelevant

sentence: the Starbucks coffee cup in the game of thrones scene was an anachronism

acquiesce

verb: to agree to something without arguing

sentence: she seemed to acquiesce in the decision

cordial

adjective: warm and friendly

sentence: my teacher gave us a cordial welcome on the first day of school

meticulous

adjective: shows great attention to detail

sentence: the doctor has great meticulous skills

sanctimonious

adjective: excessively showing moral superiority

sentence: his sanctimonious attitude annoyed all the guests

sophomoric

adjective: juvenile/stupid

sentence: the class was acting very sophomoric

mellifluous

adjective: pleasant to hear

sentence: the mellifluous sounds from the piano captured the audience’s attention

cogent

adjective: complete of logic/reasoning

sentence: his cogent argument helped him win the case

inscrutable

adjective: impossible to understand/interpret

sentence: the detective looked at him inscrutable, unable to detect if he was lying

scrutiny

noun: to receive harsh criticism

sentence: his work was under a lot of scrutiny

anomaly

noun: anything that deviates from the norm

sentence: the practice wasn’t anomaly when we ran the whole time

ascertain

verb: to find out something

sentence: it is always vital to ascertain the cause of a continual headache

zealous

adjective: showing enthusiasm/energy

sentence: He is a zealous supporter of the bears

penultiment

adjective: second to last

sentence: my penultiment class is band

fragmatic

adjective: being practical

sentence: he took a fragmatic approach to solving the conflict

lugubrious

adjective: to be accessibly mournful

sentence: he was lugubrious when his hamster died

quixotic

adjective: being impractical

sentence: my dream is quixotic

apathy

noun: lack of interest

sentence: the student’s apathy was clear towards the project when he didn’t even complete the first step

pretentious

adjective: attempting to impress by exaggerating

sentence: the houses in the neighborhood are large and pretentious

candor

noun: open and honest

sentence: Oliver was a man of refreshing candor

aplomb

noun: confidence or self-assurance

sentence: she spoke at the conference with aplomb

contend

verb: to fight with or for something

sentence: I had to contend for the win

adept

adjective: very skilled/proficient at something

sentence: he was adept at playing cello

epitome

noun: the perfect example of

sentence: today’s practice was an epitome of hard because we ran striders

mendacious

adjective: untruthful

sentence: the boy was mendacious when asked about his day

bamboozle

verb: to trick someone

sentence: the clown bamboozled the audience

vindictive

adjective: showing strong desire for revenge

sentence: her vindictive remarks showed she wasn’t ready to forgive just yet

loquacious

adjective: talkative

sentence: Tommy was very loquacious today

tenacious

adjective: perseverance or stubborn in a good context

sentence: I’m tenacious about school