Abase
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of abdicate - verb give up, such as
power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
I
will never abase the power I have gotten from being born as the oldest child.
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
I
firmly believe that eating licorice a covered in mayonnaise is an abomination.
Brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory
shortness
People
who act brusque towards others usually aren’t very well received.
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
football coach believed that there was a saboteur in their midst because he didn’t
believe his team is could have such a long losing streak without influence.
Debauchery
- noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Debauchery
usually occurs on the weekend because people have more free time on their
hands.
Proliferate
- verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Farmers
try to proliferate their crops so that they can make a faster profit.
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
typewriter is an anachronism that has just reached its death.
Nomenclature - noun a system of words used to
name things in a particular discipline
Teenage
nomenclature is so fluid and impacting that it even makes its way to the
dictionary.
Expurgate
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Usually
people expurgate the parts of a construction tool so that they don’t break
during use.
Bellicose
- adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Pit-bulls
have been held to the stereotype that they are bellicose in nature.
Gauche
- adj. lacking social polish
The
mailman was gauche acting as he delivered the mail without breaking eye
contact.
Rapacious
- adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great
quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living
prey
After
being released from his cage the dog rapaciously ate the steak left on the counter.
Paradox - noun (logic) a statement that
contradicts itself
Usually
in debates one would stay away from paradoxes but no one told the defending
side.
Conundrum
- noun a difficult problem
Coming
up with witty sentences for these words was quite the conundrum.
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
Just
one anomaly could scrub the space shuttle launch.
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
rush one gets from ingesting large amounts of sugar is ephemeral.
Rancorous
- adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Churlish
- adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
I
find that five to eleven year olds can either be the sweetest people or the
most churlish acting.
Precipitous
- adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste
and without due deliberation
Most
of my homework is done with a precipitous style because I am bad at time
management.
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