Vocab 8

abase: behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade.
Her abase behavior did nothing to stop my good attitude.

abdicate: renounce one's throne.
 I will never abdicate to the vile scourge of the earth!

abomination: a horror or miscreant.
Frankenstein is often called an abomination.

brusque: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
The child's brusque attitude towards her parents made me wonder about her upbringing.

saboteur: one who rigs or sets up a calamity.
The saboteur rigged the military base to explode in 15 minutes.

debauchery: foolishness or shenanigans.
The debauchery of the teenagers made me think they were children.

proliferate: increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
The bacteria strain was known to proliferate quickly.

anachronism: being noticeably out of place.
The anachronism of a clown at the funeral alerted me to my strange dream.

nomenclature: the devising or choosing of names for things, esp. in a science or other discipline.
Being versed in basic nomenclature can improve the appearance of being intellectual. 

expurgate: remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from.
Television often expurgates the use of overly foul language.

bellicose: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
Look for my new book! Bars and bellicose!

gauche: lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.
Trailer trash is generally given to those of great gauche.

rapacious: aggressively greedy or grasping.
parents don't appreciate an overly rapacious child.

paradox: a statement that inwardly contradicts itself yet holds some truth.
A pair of docks is not a paradox unless the pair of docks contains a pair of dockers which still doesn't make it a paradox...

conundrum: a sticky situation; progress barrier.
The last sentence was a conundrum for me. 

anomaly: something out of the norm.
An earthquake in Central America is an anomaly, just like a tornado here is.

ephemeral: lasting for a very short time.
The cyclones created here would be ephemeral at best.

rancorous: rowdy uproarious in speech or behavior.
Rancorous speech is common amongst the stereotype of sailors.

churlish: rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
Don't be insubordinate and churlish to your substitute teachers.

precipitous: dangerously high or steep.
The learning curve of many classes can be precipitous.