abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, or duties and obligations
The new teacher, unable to control his classroom, abdicated his power to the students.
abomination - noun an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
Many people who follow the Indian culture find the eating of cow meat an abomination.
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
The man pushed past me brusquely.
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
The saboteur turned out to be a double secret agent.
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
The debauchery full of teens was stopped by a concerned neighbor.
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
anachronism - noun an artifact that belongs to another time; something/someone located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
In the movie The Great Gatsby (the new version) there is said to be an anachronism.
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
The Dewey decimal system is a nomenclature
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
The principal made his speech more concise by expurgating some items.
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
The big bully was bellicose.
gauche - adj. lacking social polish
The poor street boy, when put in a social situation, seemed gauche.
rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
The gluttonous man ate rapaciously.
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Big little shrimp is an advertisement paradox.
conundrum - noun a difficult problem
The monkey faced a conundrum when his banana fell out of his reach.
anomaly - noun a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common
Luna Lovegood is seen as an anomaly in the Harry Potter series.
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
The rancorous old man threw a chess piece at his archenemy.
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
The churlish child threw a tantrum in the middle of the store, kicking and screaming his little head off.
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
The precipitous activity led by the teens turned out much better than they expected.
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