Vocab #6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
He was abased after costing his team the game.

abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
The king abdicated his powers to his son while he was on his deathbed.

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
In the movie "300" the hunch back is an abomination.

brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
The man was brusque.

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 open the gates for the enemy.

debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
There was a debauchery last night by the riverbed.

proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
The water proliferated the parched plants.

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
After traveling through the time machine the men felt like anachronism in the time.

nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
The nomenclature itself has become tricky.

expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
The artist had to expurgate the profanity from his songs.

bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
The bellicose teens were held from each other in the hallway.

gauche - adj. lacking social polish
He tried so hard to talk to people but he was extremely 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
The rapacious polo players ate a total of sixteen sushi rolls at the sushi bar.

paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
The philosophy teacher often talks about life's paradoxes.

conundrum - noun a difficult problem
The math problem was a conundrum to many students.

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
The  man standing in the corner is an anomaly.

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 hype from winning the game was ephemeral due to the crushing defeat hours later.

rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
The rancorous man always dogs his ex bestfriend.

churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
The churlish girl was disliked by many of her peers.

precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
The precipitous work was rushed and sloppy.