Vocabulary Unit 12

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

• abdicate

• embargo

• deface

• teem

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

• abdicate

• pivotal

• bestow

• levity

(adj) able to hold much, roomy

• ungainly

• caustic

• pivotal

• capacious

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

• bestow

• caustic

• negate

• crusade

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

• crusade

• mendicant

• tractable

• ruse

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

• teem

• caustic

• fallacy

• deface

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

• embargo

• nauseate

• abdicate

• voracious

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

• levity

• fallacy

• negate

• deface

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

• ungainly

• tenet

• levity

• ruse

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

• mendicant

• negate

• embargo

• pivotal