Unit 12
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Abdicate | v. to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard | step down, relinquish, renounce | ant: retain
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| bestow | v. to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings | grant confrer lodge put up | ant: receive, take, take back, take away
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| capacious | adj. able to hold much, roomy | spacious, commodious | ant: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow
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| caustic | adj. able to burn or eat way by chemical action; biting, sarcastic | burning, corrosive, sharp | ant: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine
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| crusade | n. a strong movement to advance a cause or idea | campaign, or ganized movement | (blank)
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| crusade | v. to campaign, work vigorously | campaign, organized movement | (blank)
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| deface | v. to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine | mar disfigure | ant: repair, restore, renovate, recondition
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| embargo | n. an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commerial goods; any restraint or hindrance | stoppage, ban, boycott | (blank)
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| embargo | v. to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with | (blank) | (blank)
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| fallacy | n. a false notion or belief; an error in thinking | misconception | ant: sound reasoning, logic
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| levity | n. a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight | giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness | ant: seriousness, humorlessness, solemnity
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| mendicant | n. beggar | panhandler | millionare, philanthropist
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| mendicant | adj. depending on begging for a liing | (blank) | (blank)
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| Nauseate | v. to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust | sicken, disgust | ant: delight, tickle pink
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| negate | v. to nullify, deny, bring to nothing | cancel, invalidate, annul | ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress
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| pivotal | adj. vitally important, essential | crucial, critical, decisive, seminal | ant: unimportant, insignificant
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| recipient | n. one who receives | receiver, beneficiary | ant: donor, benefactor, contributor
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| recipient | adj. receiveing; able to | (blank) | (blank)
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| ruse | n. an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick | stratagem, subterfuge, dodge | (blank)
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| teem | v. to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantaties | abound, swarm, overflow | ant: lack, be wanting
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| tenet | n. an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true | doctrine, precept | (blank)
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| tractable | adj. easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable | submissive, docile, yielding, amenable | ant: unruly, obstreperous, refractory
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| ungainly | adj. clumsy, awkward; unwiedly | graceless | ant: nimble, agile, supple, graceful
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| voracious | adj. having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager | gluttonous, insatiable, avid | ant: indifferent, apathetic
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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