Comm Arts Unit 12 Vocab - Full List

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

• bestow

• abdicate

• capacious

• caustic

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

• abdicate

• capacious

• caustic

• bestow

(adj.) able to hold much, roomy

• capacious

• caustic

• bestow

• abdicate

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

• bestow

• abdicate

• caustic

• capacious

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

• deface

• crusade

• embargo

• fallacy

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

• embargo

• fallacy

• deface

• crusade

an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

• crusade

• deface

• fallacy

• embargo

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

• fallacy

• embargo

• deface

• crusade

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

• nauseate

• negate

• levity

• mendicant

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

• levity

• mendicate

• nauseate

• negate