《Verbal Advantage Level 2》.pdf

VERBAL ADVANTAGE Level II B y C h a r l e s H a r r i n g t o n E l s t e r Verbal Advantage Level Two With Pronunciations, Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Information Listed in Order of Presentation, by Level and Number. The abbreviation N.B . stands for the Latin nota bene and means note well, take good note of. 1. ADVOCATE (AD-vuh-kayt) To support, plead for, be in favor of, defend by argument; especially, to speak or write in favor or in defense of a person or cause. Synonyms: champion, endorse, espouse. Corresponding noun: advocate, a supporter or defender of a cause, a champion, or a person who speaks for another. Related words (from the Latin vocare, to call, summon): vocation; avocation; vocational; vocal; convoke, to call together; convocation, the act of calling together, or a group that has been summoned; evoke, to call out, call forth; and evocative, calling forth a response, especially an emotional one. 2. DELEGATE (DEL-uh-gayt) To entrust with authority or power, deliver to anothers care or management, hand over to an agent or representative. 3. UNPRECEDENTED (uhn-PRES-uh-den-tid) Unheard-of, novel, new, having no precedent or parallel, having no prior example or justification. 4. POIGNANT (POYN-yint) Piercing, sharp, penetrating; specifically, piercing or penetrating to the senses, to the emotions, or to the intellect. Synonyms: biting, cutting, keen, acute. Related words (from the Latin pungere, to pierce or prick): puncture; pungent, piercing to the smell or taste; expunge, to punch out, erase, delete. 5. NEBULOUS (NEB-yuu-lus) Unclear, vague, obscure, hazy, indefinite, indistinct. Related word: nebula, a cloudy mass of dust or ga