Vocabulary #6

1. abase- verb, to humble or belittle; to lower or reduce in status
ex) Georgie Kind was abased by his boss, Stewart Bossy 
2. abdicate- verb, renounce power or title
ex) His boss was bitter because he had been previously abdicated from his thrown
3. abomination- noun, anything greatly disliked; intense loathing
ex) He was a really bad boss and was the only one that thought this was an abomination
4. brusque- adj, blunt or abrupt in manner
ex) He had a brusque countenance and unpleasant breath and would always spit when he talked
5. saboteur- noun, someone who undermines a cause; to injure or attack in such a manner
ex) Stewart Bossy thought that Georgie Kind was the saboteur who got him released
6. debauchery- noun, excessiveness in pleasure; seduction from duty
ex) He believed that Kind performed debauchery on the higher ranking female officials to get his way
7. proliferate- verb, to increase in number; grow rapidly
ex) This accusation proliferated many rumors about Kind and if he really was what his name insinuated
8. anachronism- noun, something out of place or in wrong time context
ex) The anachronism of the scene looked like it came out of a 1950s movie and it did not fit in with the atmosphere around it
9. nomenclature- noun, set of names for terms used in a specific community
ex) Bossy was using nomenclatures that weren't relevant to the situation at all and many people then began to think he was a little crazy
10. expurgate- verb, to cleanse of moral wrong doings
ex) He then began to expurgate as if he was in a church 
11. bellicose- adj, inclines or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; pugnacious; belligerent
ex) After this he contradicted himself with a bellicose attitude while rolling up his sleeves
12. gauche- adj, lacking social grace; awkward
ex) This was just a gauche situation and everyone was utterly confused as to what to do and what was happening
13. rapacious- adj, predatory; greedy
ex) Kind was not a rapacious guy and he went to give Bossy his sympathy
14. paradox- noun, statement that is contradictory
ex) Kind standing and trying to help Bossy was a paradoxical moment because Bossy had just been trashing Kind and the calm in Kind's face was opposite the chaos in Bossy
15. conundrum- noun, anything that is puzzling
ex) Since this was a conundrum, many people pulled out their phones to get other perspectives on it and this became a viral hit
16. anomaly- noun, deviation from the normal; incongruent; peculiar
ex) It was so popular because it was an anomaly that no one had seen before 
17. ephemeral- adj, lasting a short time
ex) This fame that Kind and Bossy received was ephemeral though because another video was made that as bigger and better than theirs
18. rancorous- adj, bitter; malice; hatred
ex) Kind was content for the experience but the rancorous Bossy couldn't take defeat
19. churlish- adj, rude; difficult to work with
ex) Bossy wanted more but his churlish social skills helped him not get another job
20. precipitous- adj, extremely steep; situation of great peril
ex) Bossy's precipitous situation needed to be solved fast before he ran out of money; Kind offered him a home and they became friends finally.