Unit 12

Question 1

(v) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty

Answer 1

abdicate

Question 2

(v) to disown

Answer 2

abdicate

Question 3

(v) discard

Answer 3

abdicate

Question 4

(v) to give as a gift

Answer 4

bestow

Question 5

(v) to provide with lodgings

Answer 5

bestow

Question 6

(adj) able to hold much

Answer 6

capacious

Question 7

(adj) roomy

Answer 7

capacious

Question 8

(adj) able to burn or eat away by chemical action

Answer 8

caustic

Question 9

(adj) biting

Answer 9

caustic

Question 10

(adj) sarcastic

Answer 10

caustic

Question 11

(n) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea

Answer 11

crusade

Question 12

(v) to campaign

Answer 12

crusade

Question 13

(v) to work vigorously

Answer 13

crusade

Question 14

(v) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of

Answer 14

deface

Question 15

(v) to damage the value, influence, or effect of

Answer 15

deface

Question 16

(v) to face down, outshine

Answer 16

deface

Question 17

(n) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods

Answer 17

embargo

Question 18

(v) to forbid to enter or leave port

Answer 18

embargo

Question 19

(v) to forbid trade with

Answer 19

embargo

Question 20

(n) a false notion or belief

Answer 20

fallacy

Question 21

(n) an error in thinking

Answer 21

fallacy

Question 22

(n) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect

Answer 22

levity

Question 23

(n) buoyancy, lightness in weight

Answer 23

levity

Question 24

(n) beggar

Answer 24

mendicant

Question 25

(adj) depending on begging for a living

Answer 25

mendicant

Question 26

(v) to make sick to the stomach

Answer 26

nauseate

Question 27

(v) to fill with disgust

Answer 27

nauseate

Question 28

(v) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

Answer 28

negate

Question 29

(adj) vitally important, essential

Answer 29

pivotal

Question 30

(n) one who receives

Answer 30

recipient

Question 31

(adj) receiving

Answer 31

recipient

Question 32

(adj) able or willing to receive

Answer 32

recipient

Question 33

(n) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

Answer 33

ruse

Question 34

(v) to become filled to overflowing

Answer 34

teem

Question 35

(v) to be present in large quantities

Answer 35

teem

Question 36

(n) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

Answer 36

tenet

Question 37

(adj) easily managed, easy to deal with

Answer 37

tractable

Question 38

(adj) easily wrought

Answer 38

tractable

Question 39

(adj) malleable

Answer 39

tractable

Question 40

(adj) clumsy, awkward

Answer 40

ungainly

Question 41

(adj) unwieldy

Answer 41

ungainly

Question 42

(adj) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous

Answer 42

voracious

Question 43

(adj) excessively eager

Answer 43

voracious