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unit 12
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Education
8th Grade
04/09/2009

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Term
abdicate
Definition

to resign, formally give up an office or a duty,

to disown, discard

Term
bestow
Definition

to give as a gift,

to provide with lodging,

grant, to confer

Term
capacious
Definition

able to hold much, roomy

spacious

Term
caustic
Definition

able to burn or eat away by chemical action,

biting, sarcastic

Term
crusade
Definition

a strong movement to advance a cause or idea;

to campaign,

work vigorously

Term
deface
Definition

to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of,

to damage the value, influence, or effect of

mar, disfigure

Term
embargo
Definition

an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods;

any restraint or hindrance;

to forbid to enter or leave;


to forbid trade with

 

Term
fallacy
Definition

a false notion or belief,

an error in thinking,

misconception

Term
levity
Definition

a lack of seriousness,especially about things that should be treated with respect,

lightness in weight

Term
mendicant
Definition
beggar
Term
nauseate
Definition

to make sick to the stomach,

to fill with disgust

Term
negate
Definition

to nullify, deny,bring to nothing

cancel, invalidate, annul

Term
pivotal
Definition

vitally important,

essential

crucial, critical, decisive

Term
recipient
Definition
one who receives
Term
ruse
Definition
an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
Term
teem
Definition
to become filled to overflowing, to be present in large quantities
Term
tenet
Definition

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

doctrine

Term
tractable
Definition

easily managed,

easy to deal with,

easily wrought, malleable

Term
ungainly
Definition
clumsy, awkward, unwieldly
Term
voracious
Definition
having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager
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