Vocabulary #6

Abase: behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone). "I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees"

Abdicate: (of a monarch) renounce one's throne. "1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated asrman emperor"

Abomination: a thing that causes disgust or hatred. "this bill is an abomination to all mankind"

Brusque: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner. "she could be brusque and impatient"

Saboteur: a person who engages in sabotage.

Debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

Proliferate: increase rapidly in numbers; multiply. "the science fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s"

Anachronism: a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement

Nomenclature: the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

Expurgate: remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account). "the expurgated Arabian Nights"

Bellicose: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. "a group of bellicose patriots"

Gauche: lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.

Rapacious: aggressively greedy or grasping."rapacious landlords"

Paradox: a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

"a potentially serious conflict between quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity known as the information paradox"

Conundrum: a confusing and difficult problem or question. "one of the most difficult conundrums for the experts"

Anomaly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. "there are a number of anomalies in the present system"

Aphemeral: lasting for a very short time. "fashions are ephemeral"

Rancorous: characterized by bitterness or resentment. "sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes"

Churlish: rude in a mean-spirited and surly way. "it seems churlish to complain"

Precipitous: dangerously high or steep. "the precipitous cliffs of the North Atlantic coast"