Unit 12 (Abdicate)
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