Abase: To behaving in a way so as to degrade or debase someone.
- She felt that her friend was abased by the way she talked to her
Abdicate: To renounce one’s throne; to resign or retire.
- Kings often abdicate and give the throne to their child.
Abomination: A thing that causes disgust or hatred.
- I have an abomination for bulldogs, their wrinkly faces and drooling lips makes me hate them.
Brusque: Abrupt in speech or manner.
- It was an uncomfortable event, my friend was brusque at the wedding party.
Saboteur: A person who sabotages or deliberately destroys something.
- The saboteur tried to destroy the friendship between my friend and I, but she deliberately stopped after we confronted.
Debauchery: Excessive indulgence in immoral pleasures.
- She felt in debauchery after listening to a lecture about life after death.
Proliferate: To multiply; increase rapidly in numbers.
- The world population is proliferated every single day. Fifteen years from now Africa will be more populated than Asia.
Anachronism: Something mistakenly placed in a time where it doesn’t belong; not in it’s correct historical time.
- Humans and dinosaurs living I the same era is an anachronism.
Nomenclature: The choosing of names for things (usually in science).
- Many of the recent elements of the periodic table is a nomenclature because scientists name their findings after themselves.
Expurgate: To remove objectionable material from something
- It is hard to believe people will expurgated things from the internet and claim them as their own.
Bellicose: Demonstrating aggression or willingness to fight.
- I felt the he was ready to bellicose after the argument with his friend.
Gauche: Lacking ease or grace; socially awkward
- I was in gauche because my crush was sitting next to me.
Rapacious: Greedy; ravenous.
- My aunt is very rapacious about inheriting the money from my grandfather.
Paradox: A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.
- We often use paradox without realizing, such as "call me when you receive this call"
Conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question.
- It's difficult to give an answer when the teacher asks a conundrum.
Anomaly:Something that deviates from what is normal; abnormality.
- Spider-Man gets bitten by a spider which anomalies in to a super hero.
Ephemeral: Lasting for a short time; fleeting.
- Life is an ephemeral matter.
Rancorous: Characterized by bitterness; spiteful.
- His rancorous behavior comes from his friends influences.
Churlish: Rude in a surly way; impolite; ill-mannered.
- Rarely, flight attendances are churlish because they are often scolded if a passenger feels like they are being rude.
Precipitous: Extremely steep; or an action done suddenly without careful consideration.
- In order to commit a crime, you must be sneaky and no precipitous or else you will be caught.
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