(I actually already looked up all these words using Random Absence Mentoring's vocab page awhile ago, so I'm not going to do my usual guessing thing this week. Anyway, all definitions are either copied or paraphrased from Dictionary.com.)
| 01) | abase | to reduce or lower, as in rank or reputation; to humble or degrade |
| 02) | abdicate | to give up or renounce a right, responsibility, power, throne, etc., especially formally/publicly |
| 03) | abomination | something hated; intense aversion or loathing; a vile or shameful action |
| 04) | brusque | abrupt or blunt |
| 05) | saboteur | someone who commits/practices sabotage |
| 06) | debauchery | excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| 07) | proliferate | to grow, produce, increase in number, or spread rapidly |
| 08) | anachronism | something not in its correct historical/chronological time; an error in chronology |
| 09) | nomenclature | a set or system of names or terms, used in a particular discipline or community |
| 10) | expurgate | to purge of offensive content; to censor |
| 11) | bellicose | eager to fight; pugnacious |
| 12) | gauche | lacking social grace; awkward, crude, or tactless |
| 13) | rapacious | greedy; prone to seizing for plunder or greed |
| 14) | paradox | a statement that seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth; anything self-contradictory |
| 15) | conundrum | a paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma; a riddle |
| 16) | anomaly | an exception, abnormality, incongruity, or inconsistency |
| 17) | ephemeral | only lasting a short time; transitory |
| 18) | rancorous | bitter, resentful, or malicious |
| 19) | churlish | rude, peasantlike, or insubordinate |
| 20) | precipitous | steep, as of a cliff/precipice; hasty; sudden and careless |
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