Unit 12 Flashcards by Sophia A

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To resign, formally give up an office or duty

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Abdicate

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To give as a gift

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Bestow

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Able to hold much, roomy

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Capacious

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Able to burn or eat away by chemical action

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Caustic

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A strong movement to advance a cause or idea

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Crusade

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To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of

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Deface

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An order forbidding trade in or movement of commercial goods

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Embargo

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A false notion or belief

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Fallacy

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A lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect

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Levity

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Beggar

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Mendicant

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To make sick to the stomach

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Nauseate

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Nullify, dent, bring to nothing

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Negate

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Vitally important, essential

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Pivotal

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One who receives

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Recipient

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An action designed to confuse or mislead

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Ruse

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To become filled to overflowing

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Teem

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An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

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Tenet

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Easily managed, easy to deal with

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Tractable

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Clumsy, awkward

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Ungainly

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Having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous

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Voracious

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To disown, discard

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Abdicate

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To provide with lodgings

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Bestow

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Biting, sarcastic

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Caustic

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To campaign, work vigorously

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Crusade

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To damage the value, influence, or effect of

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Deface

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Any restraint or hindrance

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Embargo

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An error in thinking

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Fallacy

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Buoyancy, lightness in weight

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Levity

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Depending on begging for a living

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Mendicant

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To fill with disgust

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Nauseate

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Receiving

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Recipient

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To be present in large quantities

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Teem

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Easily wrought, malleable

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Tractable

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Unwieldy

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Ungainly

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Excessively eager

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Voracious

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To face down, outshine

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Deface

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Any restraint or hindrance

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Embargo

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Able or willing to receive

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Recipient

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To forbid enter or leave port

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Embargo

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To forbid trade with

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Embargo