Vocabulary Unit 12

Question 0

bestow

Answer 0

to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon )

Question 1

abdicate

Answer 1

to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner

Question 2

capacious

Answer 2

capable of holding much; spacious or roomy

Question 3

caustic

Answer 3

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

Question 4

crusade

Answer 4

any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.

Question 5

deface

Answer 5

to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure

Question 6

embargo

Answer 6

an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.

Question 7

Fallacy

Answer 7

a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.

Question 8

levity

Answer 8

lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.

Question 9

mendicant

Answer 9

begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

Question 10

nauseate

Answer 10

to affect with nausea; sicken.

Question 11

Negate

Answer 11

to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of

Question 12

pivotal

Answer 12

of vital or critical importance: a pivotal event.

Question 13

recipient

Answer 13

a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.

Question 14

ruse

Answer 14

a trick, stratagem, or artifice

Question 15

Teem

Answer 15

Obsolete. to produce (offspring).

Meaning 2-to empty or pour out; discharge.

Question 16

tractable

Answer 16

easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding

Question 17

tenet

Answer 17

any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.

Question 18

ungainly

Answer 18

not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy

Question 19

voracious

Answer 19

craving or consuming large quantities of food