Vocab

Question 0

Bestow

Answer 0

to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon)

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility.

Question 2

Capacious

Answer 2

capable of holding much; spacious or roomy

Question 3

Caustic

Answer 3

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

Question 4

Crusade

Answer 4

any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc

Question 5

Deface

Answer 5

to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure

Question 6

Embargo

Answer 6

an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.

Question 7

Fallacy

Answer 7

a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.

Question 8

Levity

Answer 8

lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.

Question 9

Mendicant

Answer 9

begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

Question 10

Nauseate

Answer 10

to affect with nausea; sicken

Question 11

Negate

Answer 11

to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of

Question 12

Pivotal

Answer 12

of, pertaining to, or serving as a pivot.

Question 13

Recipient

Answer 13

a person or thing that receives; receiver

Question 14

Ruse

Answer 14

a trick, stratagem, or artifice.

Question 15

Teem

Answer 15

to abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile (usually followed by with ).

Question 16

Tenet

Answer 16

any opinion, principle, doctrine,

Question 17

Tractable

Answer 17

easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding

Question 18

Ungainly

Answer 18

not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy

Question 19

Voracious

Answer 19

craving or consuming large quantities of food