Unit 12 Vocabulary Notecards

abdicate- verb

to resign
synonym: renounce
antonym: retain

bestow- verb

to give as gift
synonym: confer
antonym: recieve

caustic- adj

able to burn
syn: burning
ant: bland

capacious- adj

able to hold
syn: spacious
ant: cramped

crusade- verb

to campaign, battle

deface_ verb

to injure
syn: mar
ant: repair

embargo- verb/noun

noun: an order of forbidding verb: to forbid
syn: boycott

fallacy- noun

an error of misthinking
syn: misconception

levity_ noun

lack of seriousness
syn: giddiness
ant: solemnity

mendicant- adj,noun

very poor person, poor
syn: panhandler
ant: milliare

nausesate verb

to make sick
syn: sicken
ant: delight

negate verb

to nullify
syn: annul
ant: aver

pivotal- adj

essential
syn: crucial
ant: not needed

recipient- noun

one who receives
syn: receiver
ant: donor

ruse- noun

a trick
syn: something used to decieve

teem- verb

to become filled
syn: ovverflow
ant: lack

tenet- noun

a belief
syn: doctrine

tractable- adj

easily managed
syn: docile
ant: unurly

ungain'ly (adj)

clumsy
syn: graceless
ant: nimble

vora'cious (adj)

huge appetite
syn- avid
ant-apathetic