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unit 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdicate | (v.) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard Synonyms: relinquish, renounce Antonyms: retain |
| bestow | (v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings Synonyms: confer, lodge, put up Antonyms: receive, take, take back, take away |
| capacious | (adj.) able to hold much Synonyms: spacious, commodious Antonyms: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow |
| caustic | (adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic Synonyms: burning, corrosive, sharp Antonyms: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine |
| crusade | (n.) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; (v.) to campaign, work vigorously Synonyms: (n.) campaign, organized movement |
| deface | (v.) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine Synonyms: mar, disfigure Antonyms: repair, restore, renovate, recondition |
| embargo | (n.) an order forbidding the trade on or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; (v.) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with Synonyms: (n.) stoppage, boycott |
| fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking Synonyms: misconception Antonyms: sound reasoning, logic |
| levity | (n.) lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight Synonyms: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness Antonyms: humorlessness, solemnity |
| mendicant | (n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living Synonym: (n.) panhandler Antonyms: (n.)millionaire, philanthropist |
| nauseate | (v.) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust Synonyms: sicken, disgust Antonyms: delight, tickle pink |
| negate | (v.) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing Synonyms: invalidate, annul Antonyms: aver, corroborate, buttress |
| pivotal | (adj.) vitally important, essential Synonyms: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal Antonyms: unimportant, insignificant |
| recipient | (n.) one who receives; (adj.) receiving; able or willing to receive Synonyms: (n.) receiver, beneficiary Antonyms: (n.) donor, benefactor, contributer |
| ruse | (n.) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick Synonyms: stratagem, subterfuge, dodge |
| teem | (v.) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities Synonyms: abound, swarm, overflow Antonyms: lack, be wanting |
| tenet | (n.) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true Synonyms: doctrine, precept |
| tractable | (adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable Synonyms: submissive, docile, yielding, amenable Antonyms: unruly, obstreperous, refectory |
| ungainly | (adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy Synonyms: graceless Antonyms: nimble, agile, supple, graceful |
| voracious | (adj.) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager Synonyms: gluttonous, insatiable, avid Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic |
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