Vocabulary #6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Ex: The man abased the boy
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Ex: The king abdicated himself from the throne
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
Ex: Kirk was an abomination to the family
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Ex: The brusque ref gave the player a yellow card
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Ex: The saboteur ruined the wedding
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Ex: The debauchery of the group led to a night in jail
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Ex: The surgery proliferated the guys growth
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
Ex: The anachronism were from the 1400s
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Ex: The nomenclature helped lay out the punishment for the kids
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Ex: the writer expurgated words from his story
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Ex: the bellicose girl was all heated after being yelled at
gauche - adj. lacking social polish
Ex: Mark had gauche talking skills
rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Ex: The rapacious toddler was put in time out
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Ex: A paradox was used in the conversation I had the other day
conundrum - noun a difficult problem
Ex: This math problem is a conundrum
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
Ex: The plant Jupiter's anomaly has yet to be looked at
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Ex: The morphine was ephemeral
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Ex: The rancorous teenager wanted revenge on her boyfriend
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
Ex: The churlish man had no friends
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Ex: The hill was precipitous