8th Grade Vocabulary- Unit 12 Flashcards
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abdicate
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(v)to resign or give up
2
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bestow
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(v)to give as a gift
3
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capacious
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(adj)roomy, spacious
4
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**caustic
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(adj)Able to burn or eat away
5
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crusade
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(n,v)a strong movement or campaign to
6
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deface
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(v)to injure or destroy
7
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embargo
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(n,v)a boycott, an order forbidding trade
8
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fallacy
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(n)a false notion or belief
9
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levity
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(n)a lack of seriousness
10
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mendicant
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(n,adj)beggar
11
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nauseate
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(v)to make sick in the stomach
12
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negate
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(v)to nullify
13
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pivotal
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(adj)vitally important
14
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recipient
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(n)one who receives
15
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ruse
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(n)an action designed to confuse/mislead
