Unit 12 Flashcards
abdicate
Verb: to resign or disown
bestow
verb: to give as a gift
capacious
adj: able to hold a lie
caustic
adj: able to eat away by chemical action; sarcastic
crusade
noun: a strong movement to advance an idea
Verb: to campaign
deface
verb: to destroy the surface of, to damage the value
embargo
noun: an order forbidding trade
verb: to forbid enter or to forbid trade
fallacy
noun: a false belief
levity
noun: lack of seriousness about things that should be treated with respect
mendicant
noun: a beggar
adj: depending on begging
nauseate
verb: to make sick
negate
verb: to nullify or bring to nothing
pivotal
adj: very important
recipient
noun: one who recieved
adj: recieving
ruse
noun: a trick
teem
verb: to be present in large quantities, to become filled
tenet
noun: an opion or belief
tractable
adj: easy to deal with
ungainly
adj: clumsy or ackward
varatious
adj: haveing a huge appetite, greedy or excessively eager
