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caustic

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

capacious

adj. able to hold much, roomy

ungainly

adj. clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

tractable

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

voracious

adj. having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager

pivotal

adj. vitally important, essential

fallacy

n. a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

levity

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

crusade

n. a strong movement to advance a cause or idea v. to capaign, work vigorously

ruse

n. an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

tenet

n. an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

embargo

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

mendicant

n. beggar, adj. depending on begging for a living

recipient

n. one who receives, adj. receiving, able or willing to receive

teem

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

bestow

v. to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

deface

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

nauseate

v. to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

negate

v. to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

abdicate

v. to resign, formally give up and office or duty; to disown, discard