Vocabulary in Action Level C Unit 12

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

• abdicate

• crusade

• pivotal

• levity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to give up as a gift; to provide with lodgings

• embargo

• caustic

• bestow

• negate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

able to hold much, roomy

• deface

• capacious

• nauseate

• fallacy

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

• mendicant

• pivotal

• ruse

• caustic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously

• crusade

• teem

• deface

• levity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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

• abdicate

• ruse

• deface

• capacious

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

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

• bestow

• embargo

• deface

• negate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

• fallacy

• teem

• ruse

• mendicant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

• tent

• deface

• ungainly

• levity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

beggar; depending on begging for a living

• voracious

• mendicant

• tractable

• crusade

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C