Vocabulary Unit 12 Quiz

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

• capacious

• crusade

• deface

• abdicate

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

• caustic

• capacious

• mendicant

• nauseate

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

• levity

• nauseate

• bestow

• abdicate

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

(adj.) able to hold much, roomy

• bestow

• capacious

• fallacy

• pivotal

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

• teem

• ruse

• crusade

• voracious

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

• tenet

• teem

• tractable

• negate

(adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

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

• levity

• fallacy

• bestow

• pivotal

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

• crusade

• negate

• voracious

• abdicate