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SVdP Vocabulary Unit 12 New
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8th Grade
02/26/2014

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abdicate
Definition

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

 

s:  relingquish, renounce

a: retain

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bestow

 

Definition

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

 

s: confer, lodge, put up

a:  reeive, take, take back, take away

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capacious
Definition

(adj) able to hold much, room

 

s:  spacious, commodious

a:  cramped, confined, restricted, narrow

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caustic
Definition

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

 

s:  burning, corrosive, sharp

a:  bland, mild, sugary, saccharine

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crusade
Definition

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

 

s: (n) campaign, organized movement

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deface
Definition

(v) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect or, to face down, outshine

 

s:  mar, disfigure

a:  repair, restore, renovate, recondition

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embargo
Definition

(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, boycott

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failacy
Definition

(n) a false notion or disbelief, an error in thinking

 

s: misconception, 

a: sound reasoning, logic

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levity
Definition

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

 

s: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness

a:  humorlessness, solemnity

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mendicant
Definition

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

 

s: (n) panhandler

a:  (n) millionaire, philanthropist

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nauseate
Definition

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

 

s:  sicken, disgust,

a:  delight, tickle pink

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negate
Definition

(v) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

 

s: invalidate, annul

a:  aver, corroborate, buttress

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pivotal
Definition

(adj) vitally important, essential

 

s: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal

a:  unimportant, insignificant

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recipient
Definition

(n) one who receives; (adj) receiving; able or willint oto receive

 

s: (n) receiver, beneficiary

a: (n) donor, benefactor, contributor

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ruse
Definition

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

 

s: stratagem, subterfughe, dodge

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teem
Definition

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

 

s:  abound, swarm, overflow

a:  lack, to be wanting

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tenet
Definition

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

 

s:  doctrine, precept

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tractable

 

Definition

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

 

s:  submissive, docile, yielding, amenable

a:  unruly, obstreperous, refractory

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ungainly
Definition

(adj) clumsy, awkward, unwieldly

 

s:  graceless

a:  nimble, agile, supple, graceful

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voracious
Definition

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

 

s:  gluttonuous, insatiable, avid

a:  indifferent, apathetic

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