Unit 12 definitions/synonyms Flashcards
Bestow
To give as a gift; to provide with lodgings
Confer, lodge, put up
Abdicate
To resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard
Relinquish, renounce
Capacious
Able to hold much, roomy, spacious, commodious
Caustic
Able to burn or eat way by chemical action; biting, sarcastic
Burning, corrosive, sharp
Crusade
A strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously
Campaign, organized movement
Deface
To injure or destroy the face or appearance of; to damage the value, influence or effect of; to face down, outshine
Mar, disfigure
Embargo
An order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid to trade with
Stoppage, boycott
Fallacy
A false notion or belief; an error in thinking
Misconception
Levity
A lack of seriousness or earnestness; especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight
Giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness
Mendicant
Beggar; depending on begging for a living
Panhandler
Nauseate
To make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust
Sicken, disgust
Negate
To nullify, deny, bring to nothing
Invalidate, annul
Pivotal
Vitally important, essential
Crucial, critical, decisive, semi-final
Recipient
One who receives, receiving, able or willing to receive
Receiver, beneficiary
Ruse
An action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
Stratagem, subterfuge, dodge
