8th Vocabulary unit 12

Abdicate

• one who receives
• to formally give up an office or a duty
• essential
• bring to nothing

Bestow

• to become filled to overflowing
• to give as a gift
• malleable
• an action designed to confuse or mislead

Capacious

• able to hold much
• to fill with disgust
• awkward
• a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect

Caustic

• awkward
• sarcastic
• to become filled to overflowing
• an action designed to confuse or mislead

Crusade

• bring to nothing
• sarcastic
• a strong movement to advance a cause or idea
• essential

Deface

• awkward
• to damage the value, influence, or effect of
• an error in thinking
• bring to nothing

Embargo

• awkward
• to forbid trade with
• malleable
• able to hold much

Fallacy

• awkward
• a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect
• to give as a gift
• an error in thinking

Levity

• a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect
• malleable
• an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true
• to damage the value, influence, or effect of

Mendicant

• depending on begging for a living
• able to hold much
• sarcastic
• to fill with disgust