1. Vocabulary Week 12

2. bestow
To give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

3. deface
To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of

4. crusade
Strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously

5. abdicate
To resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard

6. capacious
Able to hold much, roomy

7. caustic
Able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic

8. mendicant
Beggar; depending on begging for a living

9. embargo
An order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance

10. levity
A lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect

11. fallacy
A false notion or belief; an error of thinking

12. negate
To nullify, deny, bring to nothing

13. nauseate
To make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

14. pivotal
Vitally important, essential

15. ruse
An action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

16. voracious
Having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager

17. recipient
One who receives

18. teem
To become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities

19. tractable
Easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable

20. ungainly
Clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

21. tenet
An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true