Vocab #8

Abase: To lower in rank

"After goofing off on the job, he was abased down to floor staff from assistant manager."

Abdicate: To leave the position of king or queen

"Recently, the pope abdicated from his position due to sickness."

Abomination: Extreme hate or disgust

"He had a high abomination for the government and the possible ban of guns."

Brusque: Blunt in a matter of speech

"After replying to him in a brusque fashion, he then added on, 'well, just being honest.'"

Saboteur: Someone who destroys something deliberately

"If you get him angry, he becomes a saboteur and will break anything in sight."

Debauchery: Extreme indulgence in sensuality

"Many people travel to Las Vegas to enjoy and indulge in debauchery."

Proliferate: To grow by rapid production of parts or offspring."

"A starfish will proliferate back to itself when it loses a body part."

Anachronism: Something mistakenly out of place

"The history book was anachronism and mixed up two battles in the Civil War."

Nomenclature: A system of names

"Zoology and chemistry have many examples of nomenclature."

Expurgate: To change a work by removing parts that would offend people."

"After looking over the book, the editor expurgated the novel by removing most of the explicit words."

Bellicose: Showing high interest to fight

"He always seemed to bellicose and tried making an argument out of everything."

Gauche: Having no awareness about the proper way to behave

"He never attended a classy dinner party before, so he was gauche and unsure about how polite he had to be."

Rapacious: Always wanting more money or possessions."

"After getting a new, higher-paying job, he became much more greedy and rapacious."

Paradox: Something made up of two opposite things that contradict each other."

"It's a paradox how computers need maintenance when they are supposed to save time for people."

Conundrum: A difficult problem

"Driving my car with a broken brake might be a bit of a conundrum

Anomaly: Something unexpected

"He went to work and had an anomaly because the boss was out and he didn't have to work."

Ephemeral: Lasting for a short time

"Their phone conversation ended up to be ephemeral due to his phone losing connection."

Rancorous: Feeling angry towards something or someone

"He was feeling rancorous towards his friend since his friend accidentally broke his vase."

Churlish: Not polite

"Since he was very gauche, he acted very churlish at the gathering."

Precipitous: Done in a quick way

"Since he woke up late, he got ready for school very precipitously."