Abrasive

1
Abrasive

• The abrasive cleanser scratched my counter top.
• Her abrasive tone turned me off right away.

2
Acclimate

• I had to acclimate to the time and weather change
  in Alaska.

3
Chagrin

• With chagrin, I let my dad take over driving.

4
Complacent

• Even though all of her grades were Cs and Ds,
  she was complacent.

5
Concur

• Nine out of ten jury members concurred that the
  defendant was guilty of the murder.

6
Defamation

• Debra Mathers sued her son for defamation of
  character in his songs.

7
Explicate

• Explicate is the same as elucidate or explain.

8
Fracas

• The students ran to the door when they heard the
  fracas in the hallway.

9
Grotesque

• During a Halloween party, my friends scared me
  with a grotesque mask.

10
Pandemonium

• Pandemonium erupted on the floor of the stock
  exchange when stocks began plummeting rapidly.

11
Raucous

• The raucous roar of the crowd was killing my
  ears.

12
Receptive

• Speakers who are receptive to constructive
  criticism will greatly improve.

13
Renounce

• I was forced to renounce my position as committee
  chair when I was caught stealing money from the
  fund.

14
Repress

• It is considered bad luck to repress a sneeze.

15
Reticent

• The reticent student always sat in a back corner
  to avoid talking or being called on.

16
Savory

• My mom made a savory dinner of spaghetti and
  meatballs last night.

17
Somnolent

• The somnolent lecture put all the students to
  sleep.

18
Vehement

• Jason vehemently denied any connection to the
  crime.

19
Voluble

• Since he has only taken two years of the
  language, I was impressed with how voluble he was
  in Spanish.

20
Zealous

• Elie Wiesel was a zealous student of Judaism.