erudite

As I'm reading in our local newspaper, I've came across the word erudite. At first I really had no idea of what it means but then after researching I've found out that it has something to do with scholarly learning. Actually the real word I've seen is erudition yet I guess these two words are just somewhat similar in meaning only that the other is a noun and this is an adjective. A sample would be this: My erudite classmates all graduated with flying colors. For erudition, here it is, erudition at something at about everything may lead us to success.