abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Falling in the quad abased her
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Recently the Catholic Pope abdicated
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
The work was an abominationbrusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
His response was brusquesaboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Terrorists are saboteur'sdebauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Movies depict teens always involved with debaucheryproliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Watering the plant caused it to proliferateanachronism - 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
There are many photos of anachronistic people nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
There is a nomenclature associated with physicsexpurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
My essay was expurgatedbellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
The boxer was bellicosegauche - adj. lacking social polish
Nerds are often seen as gaucherapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Lions are rapaciousparadox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
If Pinocchio says his nose will grow but it doesn't, than he's lying, so it would grow, but if it grew he would be telling the truth so it wouldn't grow...conundrum - noun a difficult problem
Figuring out paradox's can be quite the conundrumanomaly - 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
I am an anomalyephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
I wish the school day was more ephemeralrancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Politicians are often rancorouschurlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
I don't like churlish peopleprecipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep;done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Procrastinators are precipitous
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