VOCAB #6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

He was abased when she said no to his offer of a date. 
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

She abdicated when her essay just wasn't getting the right points. 
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

His actions told his ex best friend made him an adomination. 
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness

She was so brusque when her best friend was talking to her enemy. 
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader

She tried her best to saboteur her crush and his girlfriends relationship. 
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Everyone was talking about the debauchery after homecoming. 
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly

Her cacti was not proliferating. 
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

She loved when her mom gave her anachronisms from the 80's. 
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

Her mom tended to talk about nomenclature when disciplining. 
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

He had to expurgate his card for her girlfriends gift. 
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight

She was bellicose when she found out her friend was talking bad about her. 
gauche - adj. lacking social polish

Oh my gosh Antonia is 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

During her PMS week she is rapacious in the kitchen. 
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

Chaucers CANTERBURY tales were pretty paradoxal. 
conundrum - noun a difficult problem

Her accounting class was a conundrum for her right now. 
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

Every one who wants to run for government is always trying to be anomal. 
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; nounanything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

Bad relationships are ephemeral. 
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment

She was rancorous towards her ex. 
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly;rude and boorish

On bad days most people are churlish. 
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices;extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation

The hike was very precipitous but she continued up the hill.