Unit 12 (Abdicate)

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Fallacy

a false notion or belief

Crusade

a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; an organized movement

Caustic

able to burn or eat away by chemical action, corrosive

Capacious

able to hold much, roomy, spacious

Ruse

an action designed to mislead or confuse

Tenant

an opinion, belief

Embargo

an order forbidding the trade of goods

Mendicant

beggar

Ungainly

clumsy, awkward

Tractable

easily managed, easy to deal with, submissive

Voracious

having a huge appetite, greedy, gluttonous

Pivotal

important, essential, crucial

Levity

lack of seriousness

Recipient

one who receives, beneficiary

Teem

to become filled to overflowing, large quantities

Bestow

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

Deface

to injure or destroy the surface appearance of; to damage the value

Nauseate

to make sick to the stomach

Negate

to nullify, invalidate, annul

Abdicate

to resign, to formally give up


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