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
Teem
To become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities
Abound, swarm, overflow
Tenet
Opinion, belief, principle held to be true
Doctrine, precept
Tractable
Easily managed, easy to deal with, easily wrought, malleable
Submissive, docile, yielding, amenable
Ungainly
Clumsy, awkward, unwieldy
Graceless
Voracious
Having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager
Gluttonous, insatiable, avid
