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Vocab Unit 12 Level C
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level C
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| abdicate | (v) to resign; formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard (syn) step down, relinquish, renounce (ant) retain |
| bestow | (v) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings (syn) grant, confer, lodge, put up (ant) receive, take, take back, take away |
| capacious | (adj) able to hold much, roomy (syn) spacious, commodious (ant) cramped, confined, restricted, narrow |
| caustic | (adj) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic (syn) burning, corrosive, sharp (ant) bland, mild, sugary, saccharine |
| crusade | (n) a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; (v) to campaign, work vigorously (syn) (n) campaign, organized movement |
| deface | (v) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of, to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine (syn) mar, disfigure (ant) repair, restore, renovate, recondition |
| 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 (syn) (n) stoppage, ban, boycott |
| fallacy | (n) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking (syn) misconception (ant) sound reasoning, logic |
| levity | (n) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight (syn) giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness (ant) seriousness, humorlessness, solemnity |
| mendicant | (n) beggar; (adj) depending on begging for a living (syn) (n) panhandler (ant) (n) millionaire, philanthropist |
| nauseate | (v) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust (syn) sicken, disgust (ant) delight, tickle pink |
| negate | (v) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing (syn) cancel, invalidate, annul (ant) affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress |
| pivotal | (adj) vitally important, essential (syn) crucial, critical, decisive, seminal (ant) unimportant, insignificant |
| recipient | (n) one who receives; (adj) receiving , able or willing to receive (syn) (n) receiver, beneficiary (ant) (n) donor, benefactor, contributor |
| ruse | (n) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick (syn) stratagem, subterfuge, dodge |
| teem | (v) to become filled to overflowing, to be present in large quantities (syn) abound, swarm, overflow (ant) lack, be wanting |
| tenet | (n) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true (syn) doctrine, precept |
| tractable | (adj) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable (syn) submissive, docile, yielding, amenable (ant) unruly, obstreperous, refractory |
| ungainly | (adj) clumsy, awkward, unwieldy (syn) graceless (ant) nimble, agile, supple, graceful |
| voracious | (adj) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager (syn) gluttonous, insatiable, avid (ant) indifferent, apathetic |
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