1. Abase - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
2. Abdicate - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
3. Abomination - an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
4. Brusque - marked by rude or peremptory shortness
5. Saboteur - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
6. Debauchery - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
7. Proliferate - cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
8. Anachronism - an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
9. Nomenclature - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
10. Expurgate - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
11. Bellicose - having or showing a ready disposition to fight
12. Gauche - lacking social polish
13. Rapacious - excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
14. Paradox - a statement that contradicts itself
15. Conundrum - a difficult problem
16. Anomaly - position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
17. Ephemeral - lasting a very short time; anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
18. Rancorous - showing deep-seated resentment
19. Churlish - having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
20. Precipitous - characterized by precipices; extremely steep;done with very great haste and without due deliberation
2. Abdicate - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
3. Abomination - an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
4. Brusque - marked by rude or peremptory shortness
5. Saboteur - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
6. Debauchery - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
7. Proliferate - cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
8. Anachronism - an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
9. Nomenclature - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
10. Expurgate - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
11. Bellicose - having or showing a ready disposition to fight
12. Gauche - lacking social polish
13. Rapacious - excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
14. Paradox - a statement that contradicts itself
15. Conundrum - a difficult problem
16. Anomaly - position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
17. Ephemeral - lasting a very short time; anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
18. Rancorous - showing deep-seated resentment
19. Churlish - having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
20. Precipitous - characterized by precipices; extremely steep;done with very great haste and without due deliberation
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