unit12
Terms
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- Capacious
- (adj) able to hold much,roomy syn:spacious ayn:cramped
- Pivotal
- (adj) Vitally important,essential syn:crucial ayn:unimportant
- Abdicate
- (v) To resign, formally give up an office or duty; to disown, discard syn:step down ayn:retain
- Recipient
- (n)one who receives(adj)recieving able or willing to receive syn:(n)receiver ayn:donor
- Voracious
- (adj) having a huge appetite greedy
- Negate
- (v) to nullify,deny bring to nothing syn:cancel,invaldiate ayn:affirm,confirm
- Ruse
- (n)An action designed to confuse or mislead a trick syn:stratagem
- Ungainly
- (adj)Clumsy,akward;unwiedly syn:graceless ayn:nimble
- Fallacy
- (n)A false notion or belief; an error in thinking syn:misconception ayn:sound reasonning
- Tractable
- (adj)Easily managed,easy to deal with,easily wrought,malleable syn:submissive,docile ayn:unruly,obstreperous
- Tenet
- (n) An opinion,belief,or principle held to be true syn:doctrine
- Bestow
- (v) To give as a gift; to provide with lodging syn:grant,confer ayn:receive,take
- Crusade
- (n) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea(v) to campaign work vigorously syn:(n)campaign
- Deface
- (v)To injure or destroy the surface or apperance of; to damage the value syn:mar.disfigure ayn:repair,restore
- Levity
- (n) A lack of seriousness or earnestness,especially about things that should be treated with respect syn:giddness,flippancy ayn:seriousness,humorlessness
- Caustic
- (adj) able to burn or eat away by chemical action;biting,sarcastic syn:burning,corrosive ayn:blend,mild,surgary
- Teem
- (v)To become filled to overflowing to be present in large quantities syn:abound ayn:lack
- Embargo
- (n) an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commerical goods;any restraint of hindance (v) to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid with trade syn:(n)stoppage,ban
- Nauseate
- (v) to make sick to the stomach;to fill with disgust syn:sicken,disgust ayn:delight,tickle pink
- Mendicant
- (n)beggar(adj)depending on begging for a living syn:panhandler ayn:millionaire