Chapter 12 Flashcards
to give as a gift to provide with lodgings
bestow
able to hold much roomy
capacious
able to burn or east away by chemical action biting sarcastic
caustic
a strong movement to advance a cause or idea to campaign work vigorously
crusade
to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of to damage the value influence or effect of to face down outshine
deface
an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods any restraint or hindrance to forbid to enter or leave port to forbid to enter or leave port to forbid trade with
embargo
a false notion or belief an error in thinking
fallacy
a lack of seriousness or earnestness especially about things that should be treated with respect buoyancy lightness in weight
levity
beggar depending on begging for a living
mendicant
to make sick to the stomach to fill with disgust
nauseate
to nullify deny bring to nothing
negate
vitally important essential
pivotal
one who receives receiving able or willing to receive
recipient
an action designed to confuse or mislead a trick
ruse
to become filled to overflowing to be present in large quantities
teem