Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Vocabulary

Abase: To lower or reduce.
            They abased the lieutenant after he was accused of treason.
Abdicate: To renounce or relinquish a throne, power, right, claim, responsibility, etc.
                 The kind abdicated his throne after the pressure got to him.
Abomination: Anything disliked or loathed.
                       Hamlet thought King Claudius was an abomination.
Brusque: Abrupt in manner, blunt, rough.
               The critic was very brusque, many people misunderstood him because of it.
Saboteur: A person who practices sabotage.
                King Claudius was a saboteur to King Hamlet.
Debauchery: Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
                      The young man had debauchery, now he has a son.
Proliferate: To spread rapidly.
                   The gossip proliferated through the school.
Anachronism: Something or someone who is not in their appropriate time.
                        You can spot many anachronisms in popular movies about the past.
Nomenclature: The names and titles in a set or system.
                         The nomenclature of the novel made it difficult to decipher.
Expurgate: To purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
                   She was told to expurgate before continuing as a kindergarten teacher.
Bellicose: Inclined or eager to fight.
                 He was bellicose after his brother insulted his girlfriend.
Gauche: Lacking social grace.
              The man was too gauche to have many friends.
Rapacious: In ordinarily greedy.
                   The rapacious pirate wanted all of the treasure.
Paradox: A statement that seems self-contradictory but n reality expresses a possible truth.
               The paradox created a melancholy tone to the couples relationship.
Conundrum: Anything that puzzles.
                     The schedule conflicts put the two sisters in quite a conundrum.
Anomaly: An off, strange, abnormal condition or situation.
                 The anomaly the mom gave her son was different for a parental figure.
Ephemeral: Short-lived.
                    The fly's life was an ephemeral one.
Rancorous: Full of or showing rancor.
                   This questions created a rancorous debate.
Churlish: Boorish, rude, peasantlike.
                The churlish young man got nowhere with the object of his lust.
Precipitous: Presumably or impassibly steep.
                    The precipitous canyon would become a great challenge for the explorers.

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