Vocab Unit 12

Front 1

Abdicate

Back 1

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

Front 2

Bestow

Back 2

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

Front 3

Capacious

Back 3

able to hold much, roomy

Front 4

Caustic

Back 4

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

Front 5

Crusade

Back 5

a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, eork vigorously

Front 6

Deface

Back 6

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

Front 7

Embargo

Back 7

an oreder forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with

Front 8

Fallacy

Back 8

a flase notion or belief; an error in thinking

Front 9

Levity

Back 9

a lack of seriousness or earnestness, espically about things taht should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight

Front 10

Mendicant

Back 10

a beggar; depending on begging for a living

Front 11

Nauseate

Back 11

to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

Front 12

Negate

Back 12

to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

Front 13

Pivotal

Back 13

vitally important, essential

Front 14

Recipient

Back 14

one who receives; receiving; able or willing to receive

Front 15

Ruse

Back 15

an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

Front 16

Teem

Back 16

to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quanities

Front 17

Tenet

Back 17

an opinion, belief, or principle hedl to be true

Front 18

Tractable

Back 18

easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable

Front 19

Ungainly

Back 19

clumsy, awkward; unwiedly

Front 20

Voracious

Back 20

having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager