Vocab Unit 12

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

• abdicate

• embargo

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

• bestow

• embargo

able to hold much, roomy

• nauseate

• capacious

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

• levity

• caustic

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

• crusade

• abdicate

to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value

• deface

• ruse

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

• caustic

• embargo

a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

• pivotal

• fallacy

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

• levity

• crusade

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

• mendicant

• tenant