Vocabulary Unit 12

v) to resign, to formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard

• embargo

• abdicate

• caustic

• bestow

v) to five as a gift; to provide with lodgings

• deface

• levity

• bestow

• negate

adj) able to hold much, roomy

• capacious

• fallacy

• nauseate

• crusade

n) a strong movement to advance cause or idea; v) to campaign, work vigorously

• mendicant

• pivotal

• crusade

• deface

adj) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic

• bestow

• caustic

• levity

• fallacy

v) to injure or destroy the surface of appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine

• embargo

• negate

• mendicant

• deface

n) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restrain or hindrance; v) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with

• embargo

• crusade

• pivotal

• fallacy

n) false notion or belief; an error in thinking

• bestow

• caustic

• fallacy

• mendicant

n) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight

• levity

• abdicate

• ruse

• fallacy

n) beggar; adj) depending on begging for a living

• nauseate

• mendicant

• embargo

• pivotal