Unit 12 Flashcards
1
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abdicate
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Verb: to resign or disown
2
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bestow
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verb: to give as a gift
3
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capacious
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adj: able to hold a lie
4
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caustic
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adj: able to eat away by chemical action; sarcastic
5
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crusade
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noun: a strong movement to advance an idea
Verb: to campaign
6
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deface
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verb: to destroy the surface of, to damage the value
7
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embargo
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noun: an order forbidding trade
verb: to forbid enter or to forbid trade
8
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fallacy
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noun: a false belief
9
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levity
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noun: lack of seriousness about things that should be treated with respect
10
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mendicant
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noun: a beggar
adj: depending on begging
11
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nauseate
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verb: to make sick
12
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negate
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verb: to nullify or bring to nothing
13
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pivotal
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adj: very important
14
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recipient
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noun: one who recieved
adj: recieving
15
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ruse
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noun: a trick