Vocab Week 12

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, or the like, especially in a formal manner:

Question 2

capacious

Answer 2

capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.

Question 3

caustic

Answer 3

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

Question 4

crusade

Answer 4

often initial capital letter ) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europ

Question 5

deface

Answer 5

to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.

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,

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: the recipient of a prize.