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Unit 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdicate | to resign,formally give up an office |
| bestow | to give as a gift: to provide with lodgings |
| capacious | able to hold much, roomy |
| caustic | able to burn or eat away by chemical action: biting, sarcastic |
| crusade | a strong movement to advance a cause of idea |
| deface | to injure or destroy the surface or apperance of |
| embargo | an order forbidding the trade in or movement |
| fallacy | a false notion or belief: an error in thinkng |
| levity | a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about thing that should be treated with respect |
| mendicant | beggar: depending on begging for a living |
| nauseate | to make sick to the stomach: to fill with disgust |
| negate | to nullify, deny, bring to nothing |
| pivotal | vitally important, essential |
| recipient | one who receices: receiving: able or willing to receive |
| ruse | an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick |
| teem | to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantites |
| tenet | an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true |
| tractable | easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable |
| ungainly | clumsy, awkward |
| voracious | having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eagar |