Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 12

Abdicate

Abdicate

(v.) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard

Bestow

(v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

Capacious

(adj.) able to hold much, roomy

Caustic

(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic

Crusade

(n.) a strong movement to advance a cause of idea; (v.) to campaign, work vigorously

Deface

(v.) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine

Embargo

(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

Fallacy

(n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

Levity

(n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight

Mendicant

(n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living

Nauseate

(v.) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

Negate

(v.) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

Pivotal

(adj.) vitally important, essential

Recipient

(n.) one who receives; (adj.) receiving; able or willing to receive

Ruse

(n.) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

Teem

(v.) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities

Tenet

(n.) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

Tractable

(adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable

Ungainly

(adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

Voracious

(adj.) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager