Vocabulary 6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
When someone is cocky I like to abase them.
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
With all of the commotion and chaos in the castle, the king abdicated his thrown.
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
If you make fun of an individual that has a disability, you are an abomination.
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
The teachers brusque shocked the kids and caused them to stay quiet the rest of the period.
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
A drunk driver is considered a saboteur because of their impaired driving having the potential to hurt someone.
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
In modern day society, an everyday party or get together is an debauchery.
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
After my heart surgery, I began to proliferate.
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
The fossil the biologists found acted as an anachronism of the earliest life forms on earth.
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Tour guides are limited to what they say by a nomenclature.
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
After writing my personal statement and revising it a few times, I began to expurgate it.
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
The heard headed woman my mother is causes her to be bellicose.
gauche - adj. lacking social polish
My sister, shy and awkward, is very gauche.
rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
I cannot stand students who do not share/express their work with others and are rapacious.
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
To add depth to writing, it is beneficial to utilize paradox to prove a point.
conundrum - noun a difficult problem
My family and I have encountered many conundrums throughout our lives spent together.
anomaly - noun  a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Commonly, individuals classify special students as anomalies; this I cannot stand one bit.
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
The pain was ephemeral but very painful.
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
If you continue to perform inadequate actions I will most likely begin to act rancorous towards you.
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
The grumpy teacher was churlish to the innocent girl who only wanted to ask how the teacher's day was.
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
The improvement in the student's writing was precipitous, increasing at a very steep rate.