Vocabulary Unit 12

What is the meaning of the word "abdicate"?

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

• To give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

• Able to hold much, roomy

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

What is the antonym of "capacious"?

• Spacious

• Commodious

• Cramped

• Relinquish

Which word means "able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic"?

• Caustic

• Deface

• Crusade

• Bestow

What is the main idea of a "crusade" as defined in the material?

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

• To resign from a position

• To injure or destroy the surface of something

• Able to hold much, roomy

Which word would best describe a backpack with many compartments and pockets?

• Capacious

• Caustic

• Deface

• Crusade

If a group of people are working vigorously to advance a cause, what are they likely participating in?

• Crusade

• Abdication

• Defacement

• Bestowal

What is the definition of "embargo"?

• An order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods

• A false notion or belief

• A lack of seriousness or earnestness

• To make sick to the stomach

Which word means "a false notion or belief; an error in thinking"?

• Levity

• Fallacy

• Embargo

• Pivotal

What is a synonym for "levity"?

• Solemnity

• Giddiness

• Panhandler

• Annul

Who is a "mendicant"?

• Someone who forbids trade

• Someone who is vitally important

• A beggar or someone depending on begging for a living

• Someone who makes others sick to the stomach