Vocabulary Unit 12

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

• crusade

• abdicate

• bestow

• fallacy

(v.) to give as a fist; to provide with lodgings

• bestow

• negate

• mendicant

• embargo

(adj.) able to hold much, roomy

• nauseate

• caustic

• levity

• capacious

(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, saracasitc

• abdicate

• pivotal

• caustic

• deface

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

• bestow

• crusade

• tenet

• ruse

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

• levity

• recipient

• nauseate

• 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

• teem

• embargo

• fallacy

• tractable

(n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

• fallacy

• tenet

• caustic

• ungainly

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

• capacious

• ruse

• levity

• voracious

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

• mendicant

• fallacy

• crusade

• tenet