Unit 12
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| abdicate | (v.) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard | ||||
| bestow | (v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings | ||||
| capacious | (adj.) able to hold much, roomy | ||||
| caustic | (adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic | ||||
| crusade | (n.) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; (v.) to campaign, work vigorously | ||||
| deface | (v.) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine | ||||
| embargo | (n.) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; (v.) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with | ||||
| fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking | ||||
| levity | (n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight | ||||
| mendicant | (n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living | ||||
| nauseate | (v.) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust | ||||
| negate | (v.) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing | ||||
| pivotal | (adj.) vitally important, essential | ||||
| recipient | (n.) one who receives; (adj.) receiving; able or willing to receive | ||||
| ruse | (n.) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick | ||||
| teem | (v.) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities | ||||
| tenet | (n.) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true | ||||
| tractable | (adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought | ||||
| ungainly | (adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy | ||||
| voracious | (adj.) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager |
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