abdicate

(v) to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard

s:  step down, relinquish, renouonce

a:  retain

bestow

(v) to give us a gift; to provide with lodgings

s:  grant, confer, lodge, put up

a:  receive, take, take back, take away

capacious

(adj) able to hold much, roomy

s:  spacious, commodious

a:  cramped, confined, restricted, narrow

caustic

(adj) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic

s:  burning, corrosive, sharp

a:  bland, mild, sugary, saccharine

crusade

(n)  a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; (v) to campaign, work vigorously

s:  (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

s:  mar, disfigure

a:  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

s:  (n) stoppage, ban, boycott

failacy

(n) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

s:  misconception

a:  sound reasoning, logic

levity

(n) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight

s:  giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness

a:  seriousness, humorlessness, solmnity

mendicant

(n) beggar; (adj) depending on begging for a living

s:  (n) panhandler

a:  (n) millionaire, philanthropist

nauseate

(v) to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

s:  sicken, disgust

a:  delight, tickle pink

negate

(v) to mullify, deny, bring to nothing

s:  cancel, invalidate, annul

a:  affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress

pivotal

(adj) vitally important, essential

s:  crucial, critical, decisive, seminal

a:  unimportant, insignificant

recipient

(n) one who receives, (adj) receiving, able or willing to receive

s:  (n) receiver, beneficiary

a:  (n) donor, benefactor, contributor

ruse

(n) an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

s:  strategem, subterfuge, dodge

teem

(v) to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities

s:  abound, swarm, overflow

a:  lack, be wanting

tenet

(n) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

s:  doctrine, precept

tractable

(adj) easily managed, easiy to deal with; easilty wrought, malleable

s:  submissive, docile, yielding, amenable

a:  unruly, obstreperous, refractory

ungainly

(adj) clumsy, awkward, unwieldy

s:  graceless

a:  nimble, agile, supple, graceful

voracious

(adj) having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager

s:  gluttonous, insatiable, avid

a:  indifferent, apathetic