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Vocab Unit 12 - Definitions - 20 Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

crusade

b)

deface

c)

nauseate

d)

pivotal

2.

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

a)

recipient

b)

deface

c)

crusade

d)

nauseate

3.

to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

a)

pivotal

b)

recipient

c)

nauseate

d)

crusade

4.

vitally important, essential

a)

deface

b)

nauseate

c)

recipient

d)

pivotal

5.

one who receives; receiving; able or willing to receive

a)

recipient

b)

deface

c)

nauseate

d)

crusade

6.

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

a)

embargo

b)

fallacy

c)

caustic

d)

ruse

7.

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

a)

teem

b)

caustic

c)

fallacy

d)

embargo

8.

a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

a)

fallacy

b)

ruse

c)

teem

d)

caustic

9.

an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

a)

fallacy

b)

ruse

c)

embargo

d)

teem

10.

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

a)

bestow

b)

levity

c)

tenet

d)

tractable

11.

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

a)

voracious

b)

levity

c)

bestow

d)

tenet

12.

an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

a)

bestow

b)

levity

c)

tenet

d)

tractable

13.

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

a)

voracious

b)

bestow

c)

levity

d)

tractable

14.

having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager

a)

voracious

b)

bestow

c)

tenet

d)

tractable

15.

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

a)

capacious

b)

mendicant

c)

abdicate

d)

negate

16.

able to hold much, roomy

a)

ungainly

b)

abdicate

c)

mendicant

d)

capacious

17.

to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

a)

capacious

b)

negate

c)

mendicant

d)

ungainly

18.

clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

a)

abdicate

b)

capacious

c)

ungainly

d)

mendicant

19.

beggar; depending on begging for a living

a)

nauseate

b)

pivotal

c)

mendicant

d)

crusade

20.

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

a)

voracious

b)

teem

c)

levity

d)

deface