Unit 12

Question 1

abdicate

Answer 1

Verb: to resign or disown

Question 2

bestow

Answer 2

verb: to give as a gift

Question 3

capacious

Answer 3

adj: able to hold a lie

Question 4

caustic

Answer 4

adj: able to eat away by chemical action; sarcastic

Question 5

crusade

Answer 5

noun: a strong movement to advance an idea
Verb: to campaign

Question 6

deface

Answer 6

verb: to destroy the surface of, to damage the value

Question 7

embargo

Answer 7

noun: an order forbidding trade
verb: to forbid enter or to forbid trade

Question 8

fallacy

Answer 8

noun: a false belief

Question 9

levity

Answer 9

noun: lack of seriousness about things that should be treated with respect

Question 10

mendicant

Answer 10

noun: a beggar
adj: depending on begging

Question 11

nauseate

Answer 11

verb: to make sick

Question 12

negate

Answer 12

verb: to nullify or bring to nothing

Question 13

pivotal

Answer 13

adj: very important

Question 14

recipient

Answer 14

noun: one who recieved
adj: recieving

Question 15

ruse

Answer 15

noun: a trick

Question 16

teem

Answer 16

verb: to be present in large quantities, to become filled

Question 17

tenet

Answer 17

noun: an opion or belief

Question 18

tractable

Answer 18

adj: easy to deal with

Question 19

ungainly

Answer 19

adj: clumsy or ackward

Question 20

varatious

Answer 20

adj: haveing a huge appetite, greedy or excessively eager