1. abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Ex: When someone is cocky I like to abase them.
2. abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Ex: With all of the commotion and chaos in the castle, the king abdicated his thrown.
3. 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
Ex: If you make fun of an individual that has a disability, you are an abomination.
4. brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Ex: The teachers brusque shocked the kids and caused them to stay quiet the rest of the period.
5. saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Ex: A drunk driver is considered a saboteur because of their impaired driving having the potential to hurt someone.
6. debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Ex: In modern day society, an everyday party or get together is an debauchery.
7. proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Ex: After my heart surgery, I began to proliferate.
8. 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
Ex: The fossil the biologists found acted as an anachronism of the earliest life forms on earth.
9. nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Ex: Tour guides are limited to what they say by a nomenclature.
10. expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Ex: After writing my personal statement and revising it a few times, I began to expurgate it.
11. bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Ex: The heard headed woman my mother is causes her to be bellicose.
12. gauche - adj. lacking social polish
Ex: My sister, shy and awkward, is very gauche.
13. rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Ex: I cannot stand students who do not share/express their work with others and are rapacious.
14. paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Ex: To add depth to writing, it is beneficial to utilize paradox to prove a point.
15. conundrum - noun a difficult problem
Ex: My family and I have encountered many conundrums throughout our lives spent together.
16. anomaly - noun a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Ex: Commonly, individuals classify special students as anomalies; this I cannot stand one bit.
17. ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time;noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Ex: The pain was ephemeral but very painful.
18. rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Ex: If you continue to perform inadequate actions I will most likely begin to act rancorous towards you.
19. churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
Ex: The grumpy teacher was churlish to the innocent girl who only wanted to ask how the teacher's day was.
20. precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Ex: The improvement in the student's writing was precipitous, increasing at a very steep rate.
Ex: When someone is cocky I like to abase them.
2. abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Ex: With all of the commotion and chaos in the castle, the king abdicated his thrown.
3. 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
Ex: If you make fun of an individual that has a disability, you are an abomination.
4. brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Ex: The teachers brusque shocked the kids and caused them to stay quiet the rest of the period.
5. saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Ex: A drunk driver is considered a saboteur because of their impaired driving having the potential to hurt someone.
6. debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Ex: In modern day society, an everyday party or get together is an debauchery.
7. proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Ex: After my heart surgery, I began to proliferate.
8. 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
Ex: The fossil the biologists found acted as an anachronism of the earliest life forms on earth.
9. nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Ex: Tour guides are limited to what they say by a nomenclature.
10. expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Ex: After writing my personal statement and revising it a few times, I began to expurgate it.
11. bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Ex: The heard headed woman my mother is causes her to be bellicose.
12. gauche - adj. lacking social polish
Ex: My sister, shy and awkward, is very gauche.
13. rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Ex: I cannot stand students who do not share/express their work with others and are rapacious.
14. paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Ex: To add depth to writing, it is beneficial to utilize paradox to prove a point.
15. conundrum - noun a difficult problem
Ex: My family and I have encountered many conundrums throughout our lives spent together.
16. anomaly - noun a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Ex: Commonly, individuals classify special students as anomalies; this I cannot stand one bit.
17. ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time;noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Ex: The pain was ephemeral but very painful.
18. rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Ex: If you continue to perform inadequate actions I will most likely begin to act rancorous towards you.
19. churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
Ex: The grumpy teacher was churlish to the innocent girl who only wanted to ask how the teacher's day was.
20. precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Ex: The improvement in the student's writing was precipitous, increasing at a very steep rate.
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