Vocabulary Quiz

Definition: an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

• tenet

• bestow

• embargo

• fallacy

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

• abdicate

• deface

• nauseate

• negate

Definition: easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable

• fallacy

• capacious

• ungainly

• tractable

Choose the word that best matches the definition: a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously.

• embargo

• ruse

• crusade

• fallacy

Choose the word that best matches the definition: to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust.

• abdicate

• bestow

• nauseate

• negate

Choose the word that best matches the definition: to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings.

• negate

• tenet

• bestow

• deface

Definition: a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

• mendicant

• crusade

• levity

• fallacy

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

• caustic

• negate

• recipient

• pivotal

Definition: an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

• crusade

• fallacy

• abdicate

• ruse

Choose the word that best matches the definition: clumsy, awkward; unwieldy.

• caustic

• voracious

• levity

• ungainly