VOCABULARY #6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Jill was abased when shr revealed that she had cheated on her boyfriend.
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

The king had to abdicate his thrown for participating in scandalous acts.
abomination - noun an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust

Her abomination disgusted her best friends.
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness

Her brusque remark towards the gay couple upset the crowd.
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader

The saboteur split a group of friends apart when starting false rumors.
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Often times, teenage students participate in debachery after the homecoming dance.
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly

New businesses in the industry proliferated after a sudden boom in profit.
anachronism - noun an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age;something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

A roman soldier would be an anachronism in modern society.
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

Scientists have to go through nomenclature when discovering a new element.
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

The instructor expurgated the lecture to avoid unnessary topics.
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight

The army's bellicose manner made the general proud.
gauche - adj. lacking social polish

The jester was gauche when he poked fun at the royal family.
rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

Anacondas are rapacious creatures.
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

Paradoxes can often be effective literary techniques.
conundrum - noun a difficult problem

Avery was in a conundrum when she promised to be at two places at one time.
anomaly - noun (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

Bob's anomaly made him a standout from all the job interviews.

ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; nounanything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

Military families have ephemeral stays in different towns.
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment

Jane was rancorous towards get ex boyfriend. 
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly;rude and boorish

His churlish attitude disrespected the teacher.
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices;extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation

The precipitous cliff stopped the hikers from continuing.