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ELA Vocab cards
UNIT 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdicate | (v.) to resign formally, give up in office or duty, to disown, discard s: resign a: sign |
| Capacious | (adj.) able to hold much able to hold much, roomy s: roomy a: tight |
| Crusade | (n.) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea: (v.) to campaign, work vigorously s: campaign a: unsupport |
| Deface | (v.) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine s: destroy, ruin a; perfect, clean |
| Fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking s: false a: true |
| Negate | (v.) to nullify , deny, bring to nothing s: nullify a: enlarge, prove |
| Pivotal | (adj.) vitally important, essential s: important a: unimportant |
| Recipient | (n.) one who receives; (adj.) receiving; able or willing to receive s: receive a: give away |
| Tenet | (n.) an opinion, belief, or principle help to be true s: belief a: unbelief |
| Ungainly | (adj.) clumsy, awkward, unwieldy s: clumsy a: perfect |
| Bestow | (v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings s: to give a: to take |
| Caustic | (adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic s: eat away a: build up |
| Embargo | (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 s: ban trade, restrict a: free will, nullify law |
| Levity | (n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight s: unserious a: serious |
| Mendicant | (n.) beggar: (adj.) depending on begging for a living s: beggar a: rich |
| Nauseate | (v.) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust s: disgusted a: happy, well |
| Ruse | (n.) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick s: trick a: truth |
| Teem | (v.) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities s: overflowing a: little, few |
| Tractable | (adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with , easily wrought, malleable s: easy a: hard |
| Voracious | (adj.) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager s: huge appetite a: not hungry |