Sadlier C Word Scramble
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| Word | definition | synonyms | antonyms |
| Abdicate | v. to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard | step down, relinquish, renounce | ant: retain |
| bestow | v. to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings | grant confrer lodge put up | ant: receive, take, take back, take away |
| capacious | adj. able to hold much, roomy | spacious, commodious | ant: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow |
| caustic | adj. able to burn or eat way by chemical action; biting, sarcastic | burning, corrosive, sharp | ant: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine |
| crusade | n. a strong movement to advance a cause or idea | campaign, or ganized movement | (blank) |
| crusade | v. to campaign, work vigorously | campaign, organized movement | (blank) |
| 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 |
| embargo | n. an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commerial goods; any restraint or hindrance | stoppage, ban, boycott | (blank) |
| embargo | v. to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with | (blank) | (blank) |
| fallacy | n. a false notion or belief; an error in thinking | misconception | ant: sound reasoning, logic |
| 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 |
| mendicant | n. beggar | panhandler | millionare, philanthropist |
| mendicant | adj. depending on begging for a liing | (blank) | (blank) |
| Nauseate | v. to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust | sicken, disgust | ant: delight, tickle pink |
| negate | v. to nullify, deny, bring to nothing | cancel, invalidate, annul | ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress |
| pivotal | adj. vitally important, essential | crucial, critical, decisive, seminal | ant: unimportant, insignificant |
| recipient | n. one who receives | receiver, beneficiary | ant: donor, benefactor, contributor |
| recipient | adj. receiveing; able to | (blank) | (blank) |
| ruse | n. an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick | stratagem, subterfuge, dodge | (blank) |
| teem | v. to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantaties | abound, swarm, overflow | ant: lack, be wanting |
| tenet | n. an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true | doctrine, precept | (blank) |
| tractable | adj. easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable | submissive, docile, yielding, amenable | ant: unruly, obstreperous, refractory |
| ungainly | adj. clumsy, awkward; unwiedly | graceless | ant: nimble, agile, supple, graceful |
| voracious | adj. having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager | gluttonous, insatiable, avid | ant: indifferent, apathetic |
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