11th Grade Vocabulary List 3 Study Notes

Overview of 11th Grade Vocabulary List 3

• Target Grade Level: 11th Grade Vocabulary List 3.

• Total Terms: 20 core vocabulary words.

• Grammatical Distribution: Encompasses nouns, verbs, and adjectives, including words with multiple parts of speech and dual definitions.

Detailed Vocabulary Definitions and Notes

• 1. Animosity

  • Part of Speech: Noun ($n.$)

  • Definition: A feeling or spirit of hostility or resentment.

• 2. Annex

  • Part of Speech: Noun ($n.$) and Verb ($v.$)

  • Noun Definition: An auxiliary building or an attached document.

  • Verb Definition: To take over or to add.

• 3. Candid

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Definition: Honest or direct, without pretense or fabrication.

• 4. Candor

  • Part of Speech: Noun ($n.$)

  • Definition: Freedom from prejudice or malice; unreserved or honest expression.

• 5. Debility

  • Part of Speech: Noun ($n.$)

  • Definition: Weakness, infirmity.

• 6. Debunking

  • Part of Speech: Verb ($v.$)

  • Definition: To expose the sham or falseness of.

• 7. Elusive

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Definition: Tending to evade grasp or pursuit; hard to comprehend or define.

• 8. Embezzle

  • Part of Speech: Verb ($v.$)

  • Definition: To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use.

• 9. Invidious

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Definition: Tending to cause malice.

• 10. Froward

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Definition: Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.

• 11. Indelible

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Definition: Lasting, unable to be erased or removed.

• 12. Indicted

  • Part of Speech: Verb ($v.$)

  • Definition: To charge with a fault, offense, or crime.

• 13. Lobbyist

  • Part of Speech: Noun ($n.$)

  • Definition: One who works to influence public officials.

• 14. Lofty

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Primary Definition: Elevated in character and spirit.

  • Secondary Definition: Having a haughty overbearing manner.

• 15. Obligate

  • Part of Speech: Verb ($v.$)

  • Definition: To bind legally or morally.

• 16. Potable

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Definition: Suitable for drinking.

• 17. Potent

  • Part of Speech: Adjective ($adj.$)

  • Primary Definition: Having or wielding force, authority, or influence.

  • Secondary Definition: Achieving or bringing about a particular result.

• 18. Rescind

  • Part of Speech: Verb ($v.$)

  • Definition: To take away, to make void.

• 19. Resuscitation

  • Part of Speech: Noun ($n.$)

  • Definition: To revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness.

• 20. Retention

  • Part of Speech: Noun ($n.$)

  • Definition: The ability to remember.

Categorization by Part of Speech

• Nouns:

  • Animosity: Hostility or resentment.

  • Annex: Auxiliary structure or attached document.

  • Candor: Honest expression free from prejudice or malice.

  • Debility: Weakness or infirmity.

  • Lobbyist: Person influencing public officials.

  • Resuscitation: Revival from unconsciousness or apparent death.

  • Retention: Ability to retain memory.

• Verbs:

  • Annex: Taking over or adding.

  • Debunking: Exposing sham or falseness.

  • Embezzle: Fraudulent appropriation for personal use.

  • Indicted: Formally charging with an offense or crime.

  • Obligate: Binding by legal or moral duty.

  • Rescind: Revoking, taking away, or rendering void.

• Adjectives:

  • Candid: Direct and truthful without fabrication.

  • Elusive: Hard to grasp, define, or comprehend.

  • Froward: Disposed to disobedience.

  • Indelible: Permanent and unerasable.

  • Invidious: Calculated to provoke malice or resentment.

  • Lofty: Noble in spirit or haughty in manner.

  • Potable: Safe/suitable for drinking.

  • Potent: Forceful, influential, or effective in producing a result.