| A | B |
|---|
| abdicate | to resign, formally give up an office or duty. |
| bestow | to give as a gift. |
| capacious | able to hold much, roomy. |
| caustic | able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic. |
| crusade | a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign. |
| deface | to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of. |
| embargo | an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; to forbid to enter or leave port. |
| fallacy | a false notion or belief; an error in thinking. |
| levity | a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that shoudl be treated with respect. |
| mendicant | a beggar; depending on begging for a living. |
| nauseate | to make sick to the stomach; disgust. |
| negate | to nullify, deny, bring to nothing. |
| pivotal | vitally important, essential. |
| recipient | one who receives. |
| ruse | an action designed to confuse or mislead. |
| teem | to become filled to overflowing |
| tenet | an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true. |
| tractable | easily managed, easy to deal with. |
| ungainly | clumsy, awkward; unwieldy. |
| voracious | having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous. |
