I watched in discomfort as the lady abased her child for simply dropping a bottle of water on the floor.
abdicate: to relinquish (as sovereign power) formally.
After the whole Watergate debacle, President Nixon abdicated his presidency before he got impeached.
abomination: a thing that causes disgust or hatred
Frankenstein's monster was seen as an abomination and the village people wanted it dead.
saboteur: a person who destroys or damages something deliberately
The saboteur managed to plant a bomb in the opposing faction's headquarters and got away without any suspicion.
debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
After a wild night of debauchery, I woke up wondering why there was a pair of panties in my pocket.
proliferate: increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
Videos of women "twerking" have proliferated in the past couple of years.
anachronism: a person or a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present
Many politicians that oppose legalization of same-sex marriage and marijuana are often seen as anachronisms of an earlier, more conservative generation.
nomenclature: the act or process or an instance of naming.
The nomenclature tuxedo derived from the fact that it first became popular in Tuxedo Park, New York.
expurgate: remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
Many publishers have decided to expurgate the "n-word' from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
gauche: lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.
He was so gauche, that he could not go five minutes talking to a girl without embarrassing himself.
The rapacious owners of the Walmart company refuse to pay their workers a living wage.
paradox: a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true.
The idea that this sentence is false is a paradox... or is it?
conundrum: a confusing and difficult problem or question.
The situation in Syria is a conundrum that won't be easily fixed.
anomaly: something that is unusual or unexpected : something anomalous
The radio signal the scientists received was such an anomaly because it seemed to have originated from a part of space completely devoid of matter.
ephemeral: lasting for a very short time.
Though many believe that congress will come up with a resolution on the debt ceiling, I fear that it may be too ephemeral and we'll be back in this same position in a couple months.
He was extremely rancorous in the months after his girlfriend left him for someone else.
churlish: rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
precipitous: (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration.
His precipitous actions were based on mere speculation and cost the company thousands of dollars.
brusque: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
He was so brusque that many people considered his bluntness rude and mean.
bellicose: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
The fans were rather bellicose; they would punch anyone who talked bad about their team.
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