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RHHS Vocab C
Unit 12
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English
10th Grade
11/16/2010

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abdicate
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v. resign from or formally renounce the throne
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bestow
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v. give as a gift
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capacious
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adj. able to hold much, roomy
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caustic
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adj. able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic
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crusade
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n. a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously
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deface
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v. to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine
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embargo
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n. an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; v. to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with
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fallacy
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n. a false notion or belief; an error in thinking
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levity
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n. lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner
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mendicant
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n. a beggar; v. depending on begging for a living
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nauseate
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n. to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust
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negate
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v. to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
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pivotal
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adj. vitally important, essential
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recipient
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n. one who recieves; adj. receiving, able to receive
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ruse
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n. an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
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teem
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v. to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities
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tenet
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n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
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tractable
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adj. easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable
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ungainly
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adj. clumsy, awkward; unwieldy
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voracious
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adj. having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager
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