Unit 12 Flashcards

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abdicate

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Verb: to resign or disown

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bestow

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verb: to give as a gift

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capacious

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adj: able to hold a lie

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caustic

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adj: able to eat away by chemical action; sarcastic

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crusade

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

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deface

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

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embargo

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

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8
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fallacy

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noun: a false belief

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levity

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

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mendicant

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noun: a beggar
adj: depending on begging

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nauseate

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verb: to make sick

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12
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negate

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verb: to nullify or bring to nothing

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13
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pivotal

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adj: very important

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recipient

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noun: one who recieved
adj: recieving

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ruse

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noun: a trick

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teem

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

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tenet

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noun: an opion or belief

18
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tractable

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adj: easy to deal with

19
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ungainly

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adj: clumsy or ackward

20
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varatious

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adj: haveing a huge appetite, greedy or excessively eager