Vocabulary #8

abase: (verb) to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade

Scott abased his ex wife in front of the whole restaurant and ruined her reputation.

abdicate: (verb) to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner

The queen abdicated the throne when she felt like she was too old to rule.

abomination: (noun) anything greatly disliked or abhorred

The abomination Carla felt towards the band was visible.

brusque: (adj.) abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

Her brusque departure was see as rude.

saboteur: (noun) a person who commits or practices sabotage

 The saboteur ruined the whole election.

debauchery: (noun) excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance

His debauchery was evident and disgusting.

proliferate: (verb) to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively

It was a proliferate year for the author who published 5 books.

anachronism: (noun) something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time

 The stove in the Cave man commercial is an anachronism.

nomenclature: (noun) the names or terms comprising a set or system

The nomenclature of the human body is confusing.

expurgate: (verb) to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness

 The layer helped expurgate the man.

bellicose: (adj.) inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious

 The bellicose man cause countless fights at the bar.

 

gauche: (adj.) lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless

 The gauche boy found it difficult to fit in.

rapacious: (adj.) given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed; inordinately greedy; predatory

 Her rapacious actions were looked down upon.

paradox: (noun) a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

 The paradox confused the college student for days.

conundrum: (noun) anything that puzzles

 It was a conundrum when the soccer game and dance were scheduled at the same time.

anomaly: (noun): a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form; abnormality, exception, peculiarity.

The child genius was an anomaly.

ephermeral: (adj.) lasting a very short time

The ephermal love affair so a fiery ending.

rancorous: (adj.) showing resentment.

Daniele had a rancorous attitude towards her mother.

churlish: (adj.) boorish, rude, mean

 The churlish girl caused a scene at the wedding.

precipitous: (adj.) extremely or impassably steep

The hike was described as precipitous and exhausting.