Week Four (1/31) Flashcards
Word: Brevity
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: The quality of expressing something in very few words; briefness
Sentence: My best friend doesn’t understand the term brevity when telling a story, sometimes I fall asleep on the phone with her while she’s talking.
Word: Copious
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Abundant in supply or quantity
Sentence: The grocery store had a copious amount of spicy ramen noodles stocked up in the food aisle.
Word: Gout
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: A drop or spot, especially of blood, smoke, or flame
Sentence: As the paper sliced my finger, gouts of blood erupted from it.
Word: Habiliments
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: Clothing
Sentence: Famous people that walk red carpets usually wear fancy habiliments for the paparazzi to take pictures of them.
Word: Irksome
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Irritating; annoying
Sentence: The fact that a student cut in front of me in the lunch line was very irksome.
Word: Ponderous
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Very boring or dull
Sentence: The president’s speech was so ponderous I changed the channel two minutes into it.
Site: https://wordsinasentence.com/ponderous-in-a-sentence/
Word: Scrupulous
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: (Of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details
Sentence: Surgeons must be scrupulous people in order to make sure the surgeries go correctly.
Word: Sundry
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Of various kinds; several, miscellaneous
Sentence: My grandmother decided to open a sundry store where people could buy an assortment of goods.
Site: https://wordsinasentence.com/sundry-in-a-sentence/
Word: Timorous
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence
Sentence: The timorous puppy would not come out from under the bed sheets when it was storming outside.
Word: Transcendent
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Surpassing the ordinary; exceptional OR exceeding usual limits
Sentence: Alisa wrote a transcendent expository paper, one of which English teachers could not believe only a sophomore had written it.