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Unit 12-1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdicate | to resign, formally give up an office or a duty |
| bestow | to give as a gift; |
| capacious | able to hold much roomy |
| caustic | able to burn or eat away |
| crusade | a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; |
| deface | to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; |
| embargo | an order forbidding the trade in of movement of commercial goods; |
| fallacy | a false notion or belief; an error in thinking |
| levity | a lack of seriousness or earnestness |
| mendicant | beggar; depending on begging for a living |