Wednesday, November 7, 2012

1. advocate
[v. ad-vuh-keyt; n. ad-vuh-kit, -keyt]
verb, noun
to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly
a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc

The crowd were huge advocates for the cause.
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/266325-consumer-advocate-warren-wins-senate-seat


2. antipathy [an-tip-uh-thee]
noun
a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
 
3.emancipate
[ih-man-suh-peyt]
verb
 to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
Abraham Lincon emancipated the slaves.
 
 
4. idiosyncrasy
[id-ee-uh-sing-kruh-see, -sin-]
noun
a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
He has a strange idiosyncracy to turn the lights on and off 4 times before he leaves the house.
 
5.imminent
[im-uh-nuhnt]
adjective
likely to occur at any moment; impending
His accident was imminent.

6. Impede
[im-peed]
verb
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder
The weight impedes my movment.
7. inclusive[in-kloo-siv]
 
8. jurisdiction
[joor-is-dik-shuhn]
noun
the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
 
The judge only has jurisdicton in one county.

9.precarious
[pri-kair-ee-uhs]
adjective
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure:
The situation was extremly precarious.

10. preposterous
[pri-pos-ter-uhs, -truhs]

adjective
completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish:

What you did was extremly preposterous.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/geraldo-on-libya-stop-preposterous-nonsense/2012/10/26/ab76cab4-1f6a-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_blog.html



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