English 11 Honors - Vocabulary List 10
conundrum (n.)
Definition: a difficult problem. Related Forms: none Syn: enigma, a head-scratcher, puzzle Ant: none Ex: When I couldn't find the key to the house, I was in a major conundrum.
cognomen
Definition: a distinguishing nickname or epitaph; cog- though; thinking; thoughtful name (Latin). Related Forms: cognomens, cognomina Synapplicationon, appelative, compellation, domination Ant: none Ex: A nickname.
ennui (n.)
Definition: a feeling of weirdness and dissatisfaction; boredom. Related Forms: none Syn: sadness, fatigue Ant: cheer, happiness Ex: Sitting in a meeting all day left me in a feeling of ennui.
supercilious (adj.)
Definition: behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. Related Forms: none Syn: snobbish, snobby, mug Ant: humble, modest Ex: The supercilious king looked at all the peasants as if they were below him.
innocuous (adj.)
Definition: causing no injury or harm. Related Forms: innocuously (adv.) innocuousness (n.) Syn: benign, harmless, inoffensive Ant: damaging, dangerous Ex: I tried to be innocuous when my parent was yelling at, my brother in hopes to not get him into more trouble.
somnolence (n.)
Definition: quality or state of being drowsy. Related Forms: none Syn: sleepiness, drowsiness Ant: awake, hyper Ex: A person may feel somnolence after eating too much candy the whole day.
evanescent (adj.)
Definition: tending to vanish like vapor. Related Forms: evanescently (adv.) Syn: brief, flash, temporary Ant: ceaseless, endless, eternal Ex: The evanescent magiaaion just appeared on stage out of thin air.
zeitgeist (n.)
Definition: the general intellectual, moral and cultural climate of an era; the spirit of the age. Related Forms: none Syn: trend, spirit Ant: none Ex: The zeitgeist of American music since the 2000s is Drake.
peccadillo (n.)
Definition: the slight offense or sin. Related Forms: none Syn: impropriety, indiscretion, bad habit Ant: vitue, excellence, honesty Ex: The man confessed his peccadilo to the riest after the service.
supersede (v.)
Definition: to cause or be set aside; to go beyond; succession in a lineage. Related Forms: supersede, superseding Syn: displace, replace, substitute Ant: none Ex: Robots are going to supersede human race.