English Vocabulary, Chapter 12

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abdicate

Back 1

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

syn: step down, relinquish, renounce
ant: retain

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bestow

Back 2

(v) to give as a git; to provide with lidgings

syn: grant, confer, lodge, put up
ant: receive, take take back, take away

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capacious

Back 3

(adj)
able to hold much, roomy

syn: spacious, commodious
ant: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow

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caustic

Back 4

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

syn: burning, corrosive, sharp
ant: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine

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crusade

Back 5

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

syn: (n) campaign, organized movement

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deface

Back 6

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

syn: mar, disfigure
ant; repair, restore, renovate, recondition

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embargo

Back 7

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

syn: (n) stoppage, ban boycott

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fallacy

Back 8

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

syn: misconception
ant: sound reasoning, logic

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levity

Back 9

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

syn: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness
ant: seriousness, humorlessness, solemnity

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mendicant

Back 10

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

syn: (n) panhandler
ant: (n) millionaire, philanthropist

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nauseate

Back 11

(v)
to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

syn: sicken, disgust
ant: delight, tickle pink

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negate

Back 12

(v)
to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

syn: cancel, invalidate, annul
ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress

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pivotal

Back 13

(adj)
vitally important, essential

syn: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal
ant: unimportant, insignificant

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recipient

Back 14

(n)
one who receives;
(adj)
reeiving; able or willing to recieve

syn: (n) receiver, beneficiary
ant: (n) donor, benefactor, contributor

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ruse

Back 15

(n)
an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

syn: stratagem, subterfuge, dodge

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teem

Back 16

(v)
to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities

syn: abound, swarm, overflow
ant: lack, be wanting

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tenet

Back 17

(n)
an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

syn: doctrine, precept

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tractable

Back 18

(adj)
easily managed, easy to deal with easily wrought, malleable

syn: submissive, docile, yielding, amenable
ant: unruly, obstreperous, refractory

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ungainly

Back 19

(adj)
clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

ayn: graceless
ant: nimble, agile, supply, graceful

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voracious

Back 20

(adj)
having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager

syn: gluttonous, insatiable, avid
ant: indifferent, apathetic