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unit 12 vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdicate | to resign |
| bestow | give as a gift; provide with lodgings |
| capacious | able to hold much |
| caustic | able to burn or eat away by chemical action |
| crusade | a strong movement to advance a cause or idea |
| deface | to injure or destroy he surface or appearance of |
| embargo | forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods |
| fallacy | a false notion or belief |
| levity | a lack of seriousness or earnestness |
| mendicant | beggar |
| nauseate | to make sick to the stomach |
| pivotal | vitally important |
| recipient | one who receives |
| ruse | a trick |
| teem | to become filled to overflowing |
| tenet | an opinion |
| tractable | easily managed |
| ungainly | clumsy;awkward |
| voracious | huge appetite, greedy,ravenous |