| A | B |
|---|
| abdicate | to formally give up an office |
| bestow | to give as a gift |
| capacious | able to hold much; roomy |
| caustic | biting, sarcastic |
| crusade | a strong movement; to campaign |
| deface | to injure or destroy the surface |
| embargo | an order forbidding trade |
| fallacy | a false notion |
| levity | a lack of seriousness |
| mendicant | a beggar |
| nauseate | to fill with disgust; to make sick |
| negate | to deny, bring to nothing |
| pivotal | essential, very important |
| recipient | one who receives |
| ruse | an action designed to confuse or mislead |
| teem | to become filled to overflowing |
| tenet | an opinion or principle held to be true |
| tractable | easily managed |
| ungainly | clumsy; awkward |
| voracious | having a huge appetite |
