VOCAB 12 Flashcards
(20 cards)
to resign formally, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard
syn: step down, relinquish, renounce
abdicate
to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings
syn: grant, confer, lodge, put up
bestow
able to hold much, roomy
syn: spacious, commodious
capacious
able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic
syn: burning, corrosive, sharp
caustic
a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously
syn: campaign, organized movement
crusade
to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine
syn: mar, disfigure
deface
an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid
syn: stoppage, ban, boycott
embargo
a false notion or belief ; an error in thinking
syn: misconception
fallacy
a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight
syn: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness
levity
beggar; depending on begging for a living
syn: panhandler
mendicant
to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust
syn: sicken, disgust
nauseate
to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
syn: cancel, invalidate, annul
negate
vitally important, essential
syn: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal
pivotal
one who receives; receiving; able or willing to receive
syn: receiver, beneficiary
recipient
an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
syn: stratagem, subterfuge, dodge
ruse
to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities
syn: abound, swarm, overflow
teem
an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true
syn: doctrine, percept
tenet
easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable
syn: submissive, docile, yielding, amenable
tractable
clumsy, awkward; unyielding
syn: graceless
ungainly
having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager
syn: gluttonous, insatiable, avid
voracious
