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