vocab 12

abdicate

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

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

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

• beggar; depending on begging for a living

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

able to hold much, roomy

• capacious

• levity

• fallacy

• pivotal

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

crusade

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

• clumsy, awkward, unwieldy

• action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

• to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities

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

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

• embargo

• teem

• tenet

• ruse

a false notion or belief, an error in thinking

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

• levity

• ungainly

• voracious

• recipient

beggar; depending on begging for a living