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Advocate: Supporter of the President's War Policy

Learn about the role of an advocate in supporting and recommending public policies, with a focus on the President's war policy. Explore synonyms, antonyms, and variant forms of "advocate".

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Advocate: Supporter of the President's War Policy

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  1. 1. We expected the governor to advocate the President’s policy on war because the President had campaigned on his behalf. • Advocate – (v) • Parts: ad(to, toward); voc (call, voice); ate (make, do) • Educated Guess: • Definition: To support or recommend publicly; A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy; one who pleads on another’s behalf • Synonyms: support, champion, endorse, recommend • Antonyms: oppose, protest, defy • Variant forms: advocation(n); advocacy(n) • Context Phrase:

  2. 2. My grandmother takes daily medicine to minimize the effects of arteriosclerosis. • arteriosclerosis - n • Parts: arteria (artery); sclera (hardening); osis (disease) • Educated Guess: • Definition: The thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, typically occurring in old age. • Synonyms: na • Antonyms: na • Variant forms: na • Context Phrase:

  3. 3. After drifting for months in the Atlantic, the refugees looked sunburned and cadaverous. • Cadaverous- adj • Parts: cadaver (cad-fall); ous (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Resembling a corpse in being thin, very pale, and bony • Synonyms: thin, emaciated, gaunt, starved • Antonyms:robust, healthy, hardy, strapping • Variant forms: cadaver(n); cadaveric (adj) • Context Phrase:

  4. 4. The jury considered the defendant’s lack of compunction in deciding the guilty verdict. • compunction – n • Parts: com (together, with); punct (stab); tion (act of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad; A feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of action • Synonyms: remorse, regret, contrition, qualm • Antonyms: complacency, obduracy, shamelessness • Variant forms: compunctiously(adv) compunctious (adj) • Context Phrase:

  5. 5. Although we were losing, the coach refused to deviate from his original game plan. • Deviate – (v) • Parts: de (down, from); via (road, way) ate (make, do) • Educated Guess: • Definition: To depart from an established course; To depart from usual or acceptable standards • Synonyms: veer, wander, stray, digress, turn • Antonyms: continue, persevere • Variant forms:deviant (adj); deviator (n); devious (adj) • Context Phrase:

  6. 6. Will this surprise birthday party discombobulate the teacher so that she will forget the test? • Discombob ulate - v (an alteration of discompose) • Parts: dis(apart, away); com(together) pos(put)ate(make) • Educated Guess: • Definition: To throw into a state of confusion (usually humorous) • Synonyms: confuse, disconcert, fluster, rattle, agitate • Antonyms: calm, pacify, tranquilize • Variant forms:discombobulated(adj)discombobulation(n) • Context Phrase:

  7. 7. The effusion of support from the community comforted the family during their crisis. • Effusion - noun • Parts: ef (out); fus (pour); ion (act of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: An unrestrained outpouring of feeling, as in speech or writing; Something that is poured forth • Synonyms: outpouring • Antonyms:lack, deficiency, restraint • Variant forms: effuse (v) effusive (adj) • Context Phrase:

  8. 8. Her poetry evinces her understanding of poverty and homelessness. • evince – v. • Parts: e (out); vinc (show conclusively) • Educated Guess: • Definition: To reveal the presence of a feeling or quality; To show or demonstrate clearly or convincingly • Synonyms: prove, manifest, demonstrate, display • Antonyms: refute, disprove, conceal, obscure, disguise • Variant forms: na • Context Phrase:

  9. 9. My sister collects only glass pigs, but my collection of animals is heterogeneous. • Heterogeneous – (adj) • Parts: hetero ( different); gen (kind); ous (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Diverse in character or content • Synonyms: diverse, miscellaneous, assorted, different • Antonyms: homogeneous, similar, identical, consistent • Variant forms: heterogeneously (adv) heterogeneity (n) • Context Phrase:

  10. 10. He will receive his inheritance in increments of ten thousand dollars yearly until he is 21. • increment – n. • Parts: in (in); creas (grow); ment (result) • Educated Guess: • Definition: An increase or addition , especially one of a series on a fixed scale; A regular increase in salary on such a scale • Synonyms: increase, installment • Antonyms: reduction • Variant forms: incremental (adj), incrementally (adv) • Context Phrase:

  11. 11. The insidious disease shows few symptoms until it is too late for treatment. • Insidious – ( adj.) • Parts:in(in)sid( sit)ious(full of) literally sitting to ambush • Educated Guess: • Definition: Working or spreading harmfully but in a subtle or stealthy way; Intended to entrap; Beguiling but harmful • Synonyms: cunning, deceiful, treacherous, crafty, sly • Antonyms: honest, candid, manifest, overt, unhidden • Variant forms: insidiousness(n); insidiously (adv) • Context Phrase:

  12. 12. It is ludicrous to think that we can complete this project without additional money and materials. • Ludicrous – (adj) • Parts: lud (laugh, mock, play); ous (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing • Synonyms: ridiculous, comical, farcical, bizarre, absurd • Antonyms: logical, reasonable, normal • Variant forms: ludicrously (adv) ludicrousness (n) • Context Phrase:

  13. 13. I was mortified that I could not remember my former classmate’s name. • mortify - verb • Parts: mort (die, death); fy (make, cause) • Educated Guess: • Definition: To cause someone to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated; to discipline one’s body by self-denial and austerity • Synonyms: chagrin, embarrass, humiliate, abase • Antonyms: praise, laud, exalt, commend • Variant forms: mortification (n); mortifyingly (adv) • Context Phrase:

  14. 14. It is a paradox that we blow on our hands to keep them warm, but we blow on food to cool it. • Paradox - n • Parts: para (beyond); dox (belief) • Educated Guess: • Definition: A seemingly contradictory statement that may none the less be true, One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects • Synonyms: contradiction, incongruity, enigma, puzzle • Antonyms: na • Variant forms: paradoxical (adj) paradoxically (adv) • Context Phrase:

  15. 15. The President sent the plenipotentiary to the Middle East to negotiate terms of the trade agreement. • plenipotentiary - (n) • Parts: pleni (full); potent (power); ary (pertaining to) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Invested with or conferring full power (adj); A diplomatic agent, such as an ambassador, fully authorized to represent his/her government • Synonyms: ambassador • Antonyms: na • Variant forms: na • Context Phrase:

  16. 16. Food and shelter are two of our primordial needs. • Primordial - adj • Parts: prim (first); ord (begin); ial (related to) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Existing at or from the beginning of time (the primordial oceans); Basic and fundamental; In the earliest stage of development (biology • Synonyms: original, primary, basic, fundamental • Antonyms: superficial, secondary, auxiliary • Variant forms: primordially (adv); primordiality (n) • Context Phrase:

  17. 17. I am hurt that she chose to rebuff my offer to help with the project. • rebuff - verb • Parts: re (back); buffo (gust, puff) • Educated Guess: • Definition: To reject someone or something in an abrupt or ungracious manner; An abrupt or ungracious refusal of an offer, request or kind gesture (n) • Synonyms: (v) reject, repel, discourage (n) refusal, • Antonyms: (v) accept,encourage (n) acceptance • Variant forms:na • Context Phrase:

  18. 18. Some people think dancing in a church building is sacrilege. • sacrilege - n. • Parts: sacr (holy); legere (to take possession of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: A violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred • Synonyms: desecration, irreverence • Antonyms: consecration, santification • Variant forms: sacrilegious (adj); sacrilegiously (adv) • Context Phrase:

  19. 19. Laws now restrict the use of subliminal advertising in movie theaters. • Subliminal – (adj.) • Parts: sub (under); limin (threshold); al (related to) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Perceived by or affecting someone’s mind without his/her being aware of it; Below the threshold of sensation or consciousness • Synonyms: subconscious • Antonyms: conscious, aware, cognizant • Variant forms: subliminally (adv) • Context Phrase:

  20. 20. His denial of the charges was unequivocal and completely convincing. • unequivocal - adj. • Parts: un (not); equi (same); voc ( call); al (related to) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Leaving no doubt or misunderstanding • Synonyms: plain, clear, unmistakable, straightforward • Antonyms: equivocal, deceptive, evasive, doubtful • Variant forms: unequivocally (adv); unequivocalness (n) • Context Phrase:

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