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