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Vocab Unit 12
Term | Definition |
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abdicate | (v.) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty |
capacious | (adj.) able to hold much, roomy |
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 |
fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking |
negate | (v.) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing |
pivotal | (adj.) vitality important, essential |
recipent | (n.) one who receives (adj.) receiving; able or willing to receive |
tenet | (n.) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true |
ungainly | (adj.) clumsy, awkward, unwieldly |
bestow | (v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings |
caustic | (adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action |
embargo | (n.) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods (v.) to forbid to enter or leave port |
levity | (n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness |
mendicant | (n.) beggar (adj.) depending on begging for a living |
nauseate | (v.) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust |
ruse | (n.) an action designed to confuse or mislead |
teem | (v.) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities |
tractable | (adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought |
voracious | (adj.) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous |