Vocabulary - Unit 12 Flashcards
To resign, formally give up an office or a duty, to disown, discard
Abdicate
(v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings
Bestow
able to hold much, roomy
Capacious
(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemcical action; biting, sarcastic
Caustic
(n.) a strong movement to advance a casue or idea; (v.) to campaign, work vigorously
Crusade
(v.) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine
Deface
(n.) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; (v.) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with
Embargo
n.) a false notion or belif; an error in thinking
Fallacy
(n.) a lack of serioudness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treted with respect; boyancy, lightness in weight
Levity
beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living
Mendicant
(v.) to amke sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust
Nauseate
(v.) to nullify, bring to nothing
Negate
vitally important, essential
Pivotal
(n.) one who recieves; (adj.) receiving; able or willing to receive
Recipient
an aciton designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
Ruse